HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 02111986 - 1.18 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Congratulating )
Joyce Hawkins, Orinda Citizen ) RESOLUTION NO. 86/60
of the Year, 1986 )
WHEREAS Joyce Hawkins has been selected Orinda's thirty-sixth Citizen
of the Year; and
WHEREAS Joyce Hawkins and her husband, Daryl, have been residents of
Orinda since 1970 and have two children, Jeff and Jonathon; and
WHEREAS Joyce Hawkins began her community involvement in Orinda by
serving from 1973 to 1977 on the Orinda Association's Planning Committee, and
rapidly expanded her volunteer activities to the arts, recreation, education and
local government; and
WHEREAS Joyce Hawkins was appointed to the innovative Orinda Area
Planning Commission and served until 1979, a term that was characterized by
thorough preparation and incisive questioning; and
WHEREAS Joyce Hawkins successfully sought election to the Orinda Union
School District Board of Trustees in 1979 and was re-elected in 1983 as the
highest vote-getter; and
WHEREAS Joyce Hawkins agreed to act as one of the three coordinators
of the Citizens to Preserve Orinda, strategized the incorporation campaign and
lent it a civilized issues-oriented tone; and
WHEREAS Joyce Hawkins kept the Orinda incorporation effort on track
through an arduous year and a half effort that started with the LAFCO petition
and incorporation study, proceeded through much community debate and culminated
in the successful election on March 5, 1985, making Orinda Contra Costa County's
eighteenth city; and
WHEREAS Joyce Hawkins has found time to serve as a trustee of the Orinda
Educational Foundation, participate on the new city's planning transition team
and its General Plan committee, tutor math at her sons' high school, help coach
her sons' tennis teams and act as liaison between the Parents' Club and the
junior class; and
WHEREAS Joyce Hawkins remains true to her highest volunteer calling,
that of wife and mother, keeping all her activities for the wellbeing of others
in perspective;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Contra Costa, California, hereby CONGRATULATES Joyce Hawkins upon her
selection as Orinda Citizen of the Year and COMMENDS her exceptional energy and
principled volunteer efforts on behalf of the citizens of Orinda.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board EXTENDS to Joyce Hawkins its Best
Wishes for much further civic and personal success as a community leader.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on February 11, 1986 by unanimous vote of the Board
members present.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an
order entered on the minutes of said Board of Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed this
11th da of February 1986.
Y i'Y �
PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board of
Introduced by Supervisors and County Administrator
Super isor Nancy C. By: CL ojjjfdolDeputy Clerk
District II ` ;