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� ,� In Honor of JUNETEENTH 2023 a �,
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w ri NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the City of Tigard Mayor does hereby proclaim her .14.1.,„;,}.. _r
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, Dated this 13th day of June 2023 ; 'f
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:s. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of 1 •
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