RESOLUTION NO. 030548

Commending the Airline Museum at Kansas City for its outstanding contributions to historic preservation.

WHEREAS, the Landmarks Commission of Kansas City, Missouri, created the Dr. George Ehrlich Achievement in Preservation Award to be given to those individuals or groups whose contributions constitute a record of achievement in the field of preservation; and

WHEREAS, the Landmarks Commission on February 28, 2003, voted unanimously to nominate the Airline Museum at Kansas City as a recipient of the 2003 Ehrlich Award; and

WHEREAS, Save A Connie, Inc. was organized in 1986 and renamed Airline Museum at Kansas City in 2000 for the purpose of "restoring, preserving, and exhibiting propeller-driven commercial aircraft" and has worked to preserve the "Star of America," a Martin 4O4 and a Douglas DC-3; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

That the Mayor and Council hereby commend the Airline Museum at Kansas City for its outstanding contributions to historic preservation; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution be spread upon the Minutes of the Council in testimony thereof and that a copy hereof be presented to the Airline Museum with the congratulations of the Mayor and Council for receiving the 2003 Dr. George Ehrlich Achievement in Preservation Award and for its outstanding contributions to the preservation and interpretation of airline history in Kansas City, Missouri.

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