2013-2014 Bill 1216: City of Cayce Day - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 120th Session, 2013-2014 3 4 S. 1216 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Senate Resolution 9 Sponsors: Senator Setzler 10 Document Path: l:\s-res\ngs\003city.mrh.ngs.docx 11 Companion/Similar bill(s): 5090 12 13 Introduced in the Senate on April 10, 2014 14 Adopted by the Senate on April 10, 2014 15 16 Summary: City of Cayce Day 17 18 19 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 20 21 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 22 4/10/2014 Senate Introduced and adopted ( Senate Journalpage 4) 23 24 25 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 26 27 4/10/2014 28 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A SENATE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE THE CITY OF CAYCE AS A VITAL PART 12 OF THE PALMETTO STATE AND TO DECLARE 13 WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2014 AS “CITY OF CAYCE DAY” IN 14 SOUTH CAROLINA. 15 16 Whereas, the City of Cayce is a place that approximately 13,000 17 residents and 700 businesses call home; and 18 19 Whereas, the Cayce Riverwalk has more than four miles of scenic 20 walkways along the Congaree River and is one of the most popular 21 tourist destinations in the Midlands; and 22 23 Whereas, the Cayce Tennis and Fitness Center has hosted 24 numerous state, local and national tournaments and was recently 25 named the Facility of the Year by the United States Tennis 26 Association; and 27 28 Whereas, many large companies, including SCANA Corporation, 29 Amazon.com, CMC Steel and Nephron Pharmaceuticals, have all 30 decided to locate in the City of Cayce; and 31 32 Whereas, the City of Cayce provides affordable amenities and a 33 low cost of living for its residents; and 34 35 Whereas, the City of Cayce is home to many of the Midland’s 36 most popular public events such as the Congaree Bluegrass 37 Festival, Christmas in Cayce, the Cayce Serves Tennis 38 Tournament, and Tartan Day South; and 39 40 Whereas, the City of Cayce is the only full service city in 41 Lexington County with its own animal shelter, wastewater

[1216] 2 1 treatment plant, water plant, museum, residential sanitation, 2 recycling, leaf and limb pick up, police, and fire department; and 3 4 Whereas, the City of Cayce is led by a fivemember city council 5 including Mayor Elise Partin, the first female mayor elected in 6 Cayce and one of the youngest mayors elected in the State of 7 South Carolina at the age of thirtynine; and 8 9 Whereas, 2014 marks an extraordinary year for the City of Cayce, 10 as September 7, 2014 will mark the City’s Centennial Celebration 11 to celebrate one hundred years of prosperity in the City of Cayce. 12 Now, therefore, 13 14 Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives 15 concurring: 16 17 That the members of the General Assembly, by this resolution, 18 recognize the City of Cayce as a vital part of the Palmetto State 19 and declare Wednesday, May 14, 2014 as “City of Cayce Day” in 20 South Carolina. 21 22 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to 23 Mayor Elise Partin. 24 XX 25

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