HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12151992 - 1.33 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Recognizing )
The Completion of ) Resolution No.: 9 2/8 3 3
The American Discovery Trail )
WHEREAS The American Discovery Trail was blazed across the country on September
12, 1992, with a celebration involving hikers along each segment of the trail; and
WHEREAS The American Discovery Trail was first scouted and mapped by a team of
three hikers who started in California in June, 1990, ending up in Delaware in July, 1991, and
WHEREAS The American Discovery Trail crosses thirteen states and the District of
Columbia, and is the Nation's first coast-to-coast scenic and recreational trail; and
WHEREAS The American Discovery Trail intersects three major north to south
American trails, the Pacific Coast Trail, the Continental Divide Trail, and the Appalachian
Trail as it traverses the entire United States from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean; and
WHEREAS The American Discovery Trail spans 4,920 miles of the United States
most beautiful terrain from oceans to deserts to cities to windswept passes to rolling plains to
cool forests to cities to the ocean again; and
WHEREAS The American Discovery Trail traverses Contra Costa County from the
San Pablo and Briones Reservoirs to Walnut Creek through the Acalanes Ridge and Shell
Ridge Open Spaces, ascends Mount Diablo, passes through Clayton and the Black Diamond
Mines Regional Preserve, and departs the County at Antioch by crossing over the Sacramento
River; and
WHEREAS The American Discovery Trail and its California segment were publicized
and its inauguration coordinated by Orinda resident, runner and hiker, John Fazel.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of the County
of Contra Costa, California, hereby CONGRATULATES John Fazel and all the visionary
Americans who worked so effectively to make the American Discovery Trail a reality,
COMMENDS the sponsoring lawmakers and organizations who made connection of the route
possible and EXTENDS to all citizens of this County and our country its earnest wish that the
trail be walked by our citizens and that its beauties and physical and spiritual refreshment be
enjoyed by all.
PASSED and ADOPTED this fifteenth day of December, 1992, by unanimous vote of
the Board members present.
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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. i
Witness my hand and the seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed this
fifteenth day of December, 1992.
Phil BItchelor, Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors and
i
County Ad 'stra r.
By uty Clerk
(1 (Introduced by:
Supervisor N y C. Fanden
District