HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 11051996 - 96-490 C �9
In the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County
In the Watter ppoGaion 5vo. 96/490
Declaring Occena6err 7, 1996, as
`Save Mount Oia6lo Day'tn Contra Costa County
.in Commemoration of its 25th Annimrsary
`WXE ,W, Save Mount Dia6fo was formed on December 7, 1071, and is cele6rating its 25th
Anniversary this year and
%VJ E95W, 94ount Oia6fo is Contra Costa County's central and most 6eautifuf landmark and
includes the County's most important recreationalopen space and*nifwant wil�afe habitat;and,
`WJfE4M$S,Save 9Kount Dia6lo, with its Board of Directors, staff and 5500 members, educates the
pu6lu about threats to the mountain, acquires land, monitors land use planning on private land, restores
habitat andreintroduces rare species, 6uifds traifs andsupports recreationalopportunities, works to insure that
parkmaintenance needs are met;and
`WXERM, Save Wount Diablo has helped in raising miMons of dollars in pu6Cu and private
funding to acquire and eVand pu6Cu open space;and has wo*d cooperatively with the business community
and within the land use arena to preserve landwhen development is proposed and,
%WEgyU, Save 9Kount Diablo, though its advocacy and cooperative work with alfsectors of the
community's successful y achieved preservation of much of Wount Oia61o, helping to eNpand pu6!%open space
on and around 9Kt. Dia6fo from 6,877 acres to more than 53,000 acres including an increase in Wount Dia6fo
State cTark's size from 6,877 acres to more the 19,000 acres,greatly 6enefiting the areas residents;and
` *E4YJS, in those same 25 years and with the groups support,five regional parks, a number of
city open spaces and pu6Cu watershed hoOngs have been created on and around 9Kount Dia6lo,and significant
progress has been made in connecting these various open spaces with wifdrfe and recreational corridors;and
`W1 MiM, there are thousands of acres of threatened private lands on and around Wount Diablo
andSave Wount Diablo continues its work and
WWMEVM, Save Wount Diablo is celebrating its 25th Anniversary and thanking the pu6Cic for its
support with a year long schedule of hips,a Tree Day at 9Kount Dia6lo State Tarkon October 20, 1996,anda
Cele6ration at the Dean Lesher 4?ygional Center for theArts on Novem6er 12, 1996
9VO�W, T}1E49,FOW, BE IT WOL MO that the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors
congratulates Save Wount Diablo on the celebration of its 25th Anniversary, its achievements and many
successes which have greatly 6enefited 9Kt. Diablo, its natural environment and wuldrfe, and all who enjoy its
great beauty and recreational opportunities.
BE IT TVgMER.gEsoLVEO that the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors wishes Save
Wount Diablo success in the continued preservation of 9Kount Diablo in the Future.
TA.S.S'EuD 6y unanimous vote of the BoardWembers present on this 5th Day of November, 1996.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a resolution entered on the minutes of
the Board of Supervisors on the date aforesaid
Witness my hand and the Seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed in this
TNIL BATCHIELOP,Clerkof
the BoardofSupervisors and
Coun Ad ' iarator
By °
Deputy
Int��ed 6y: _
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Supervisor Tom Torfakson, District V