HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 10101989 - 89-657 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA .COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of )
Proclaiming October 14, 1989 ) Resolution No. : 89/6157
South End Rowinq'Club Day in )
Contra Costa County )
WHEREAS The South End Rowing Club of San Francisco will be
holding the Martinez Marathon Row on October 14, 1989; and
WHFREAS the South End Rowing Club will be rowing historic
rowboats in the thirty-five mile journey from Aquatic Park
in San Francisco to the Martinez Marina on October 14, 1989,
in a six-hour row, arriving at the Martinez Marina about
3:00 p.m. ; and
WHEREAS the South End Rowing Club will be rowing its
venerable wooden rowboat, the forty-foot Southender, which
was built in 1915 in Alameda for the South End Rowing Club;
and
WHEREAS the South End Rowing Club was founded in 1873 in San
Francisco as an athletic club for the workers of The City,
with a membership of firefighters, police officers, transit
workers and others who worked in The City's public services;
and
WHEREAS the South End Rowing Club preserves and maintains
the historic traditions of exercise and recreation on San
Francisco Bay with its rows, swims and social activities.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors
of the County of Contra Costa, California, hereby PROCLAIMS
October 14, 1989, South End Rowing Club Day in Contra Costa
County, WELCOMES the Southender with its crew of six rowers,
one coxswain and one bailer, and EXTENDS to the South End
Rowing Club its best wishes for a successful row to the
Martinez Marina.
PASSED and ADOPTED on the tenth day of October, 1989, 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 on the date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed this
tenth day of October, 1989.
Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board
of Supervisors and County
Administr tor.
By 'Deputy Clerk
Introduced by:
Superviso Nancy C. Fanden
D trict II