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RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS TO NAME THE CRAIGHEAD FOREST PARK LEVEE THE RALPH MATTIX LEVEE
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WHEREAS, Councilman Charles Frierson and Mr. Bob Gibson would like to duly honor the memory of a great contributor to the Craighead Forest Park Lake by naming the levee after Ralph Mattix.
WHEREAS, Mr. Mattix worked with the National Guard to increase the size of the lake and have the National Guard build a dirt levee that held back 100 acres of water; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Mattix contacted Arkansas State College (which is now Arkansas State University) to have the materials they were removing from Cooley Circle taken to the levee, where Mr. Mattx waited with a tractor and blade to place the material on the water side of the levee. This created the levee we now have today.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS THAT:
Section 1: The City of Jonesboro expresses its desire to name the levee at Craighead Forest the Ralph Mattix Levee as appreciation and gratitude for the contributions he has made to Craighead Forest Park.
Section 2: That the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized to submit necessary documents to effectuate this agreement.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 19th day of June, 2018.