City of Philadelphia - File #: 080730

• File #: 080730
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 9/25/2008
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 9/25/2008
• Title: Honoring the Olympic Gold Medalist Cullen Jones Diversity Tour and Declaring October 18, 2008 as "Cullen Jones Day" in the City of Philadelphia.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Council President Verna, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Sanchez, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Kelly

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
9/25/2008	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
9/25/2008	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
9/25/2008	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Honoring the Olympic Gold Medalist Cullen Jones Diversity Tour and Declaring October 18, 2008 as "Cullen Jones Day" in the City of Philadelphia.
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WHEREAS, The City of Philadelphia is pleased to honor and celebrate the Olympic Gold Medalist Cullen Jones Diversity in swimming tour; and

WHEREAS, Legendary swim coach Jim Ellis and his PDR swim team will be partnering with Olympic Gold Medalist Cullen Jones to strive to bring diversity to the sport of Swimming through the first annual Cullen Jones Swim Meet; and

WHEREAS, The first annual Cullen Jones Swim Meet will be held Saturday, October 18, 2008 at LaSalle University and will be hosted by PDR Swimming; and

WHEREAS, Cullen Jones burst into the swimming scene at the 2005 World University Games at which he won Gold in the 50 meter freestyle and became the first African American Male to win a Gold Medal at the World University Games; and

WHEREAS, Cullen Jones further proved that he is one of the fastest swimmers in the world when he became the second African American to win an Olympic Gold Medal at the 2008 Olympic Games, when he swam on the 4X100 freestyle relay team that included Michael Phelps; and

WHEREAS, Coach Jim Ellis is a long time proponent of diversity in swimming. The swim team which he founded almost 40 years ago has been a model of diversity in swimming. Most recently Coach Ellis partnered with the Salvation Army which is building the Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Community Center in the Nicetown section of the City; and

WHEREAS, The Salvation Army Kroc Center will be a 128,000 square foot facility on a 12.4 acre site that will include a 25 meter/10 lanes indoor pool that is slated to open in 2010. Coach Ellis will direct the aquatics program at the center while continuing his efforts to bring diversity to the sport of swimming; and

WHEREAS, The Cullen Jones Diversity Tour was established in 2008 as a vehicle to support the increase of diversity to the sport of swimm...