HomeMy WebLinkAbout1963-6AT A REGULAR MELTING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON,
TB~S,
HELD IN THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING OF SAID CITY ON THE 28TH
DA OF MAY, A.D. 1963.
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, within the next sixty days, U. S. Interstate
Highway No. 35E will be completed from down-
town Dallas across Denton County to the Cooke
County linet and
WHEREAS, this physical connection between Dallas and
Denton Counties gives emphasis to the economic
and spiritual ties which have grown and been
strengthened over the past ten years; and
WHEREAS, more than four thousand Denton County residents
commute daily to the greater Dallas Area,
predominately using U. S. Interstate Highway
No. 35B; and
WHEREAS, Denton County, through the facilities of its
two great State Universities, is making an
ever more significant contribution to the
industrial development to the Dallas Metro-
politan Area by providing the research
training and facilities so necessary to
the sound industrial growth of the entire
area; and
WHEREAS, the foregoing facts were recognized by the
U. S. Census Bureau in 1960 when Denton County
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was officially declared to be a part of the
Dallas Metropolitan Area; and
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WHE~EAS, that portion of U. S. Interstate Highway No. 35E
lying within the City of Dallas has for several
years been designated and known to the residents
of the Dallas Metropolitan Area as the "Stemmons
Freeway"t and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate in recognition of all of the
foregoing, that this new traffic artery should
have a uniform designation so as to readily
identify it to the general public as a major
thoroughfare of the Dallas Metropolitan Area;
now therefore be it
RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS,
that that portion of U. S. Interstate Highway
No. 35E lying within the limits of the City of
Denton, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, named
and designated as the "Stemmons Freeway".
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 28th day of May, A.D. 1963.
Mayor
City of Denton, Texas
ATTEST:
City Secretary
City of Denton, Texas
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
Ci y Attorn y
City of Denton, Texas