HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01261988 - 88-41 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Congratulating )
Jack Knebel ) Resolution No. : 88/41
Orinda Co-Citizen of the Year, 1988 )
WHEREAS Jack Knebel has been honored with his wife, Linda,
as the 38th Orinda Citizen Couple of the Year; and
WHEREAS Jack Knebel and his wife, Linda, moved to Orinda
in 1969 to raise their family; and
WHEREAS Jack Knebel co-chaired The Orinda Associations
Planning Committee, was elected to the board of The Orinda
Association and served as board president; and
WHEREAS Jack Knebel foresaw the need for Orinda to exercise
local control through incorporation and authored and signed the
1974 petition to bring the matter to a vote; and
WHEREAS Jack Knebel volunteered his time and expertise to
the childrenand taxpayers of the Orinda Union School District
by chairing the District Advisory Committee on Surplus properties
from 1983 . to 1984 ; and
WHEREAS Jack Knebel joined the effort again to incorporate
Orinda, doing much of the legal legwork to petition LAFCO, the
Board of Supervisors and eventually, the voters to vote in favor
of Orinda.'.s incorporation; and
WHEREAS Jack Knebel co-chaired the pro-incorporation group
called Citizens to Preserve Orinda along with Marianne Au de and
Joyce Hawkins, which was successful in convincing the electorate
to vote for incorporation by a 64+% vote; and
WHEREAS Jack Knebel has maintained a busy law practice
while further serving his community as a member of the Glorietta
School Parents ' Club and as president of the Miramonte Parents '
Club.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors
of the County of Contra Costa, California, hereby CONGRATULATES
Jack Knebel on his selection as Orinda ' s Co-Citizen of . the year,
and COMMENDS his ability to combine a demanding professional
career with a life of productive public service .
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board EXTENDS to Jack
Knebel its best . wishes for much further civic accomplishment .
Passed and adopted on January 26, 1988, by unanimous vote
of the Board members present..
I hereby certify that .the foregoing is a true and correct
copy of a resolution entered 'in the minutes of the Board of
Supervisors e date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the seal of
the Board of Supervisors affixed
this twenty-sixth day of January,
1988.
Phil Batchelor., Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors and
County Administrator.
Introduced by By P Y 4f- 'e ut Clerk
Supervi
so Nancy Fanden
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