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T7&BOARD OFSUPERVIS044 0`I'COMM COSTA CO`(JNr17
In the Jliatter of Rsofution No. 95/529
Monoring Donal�dT.. Freitas on kis
outstandingAccomplshments as a
Contra Costa'Water District Director
ZtfNM",since 1979,Donald�P. Freitas has served the citizens of the City ofAntioch, the town of oakfey,parts of the cities of
Titts6urg and Brentwood;on the Boardof Directors of the Contra Costa Water District,serving as President of the CMD Board of
(Directors from 1987 to 1989,and
`WNTT",Director Freitas wiff6e honoredat an Appreciation Dinner on Friday,5Yovem6er17,1995.
'WIlE4S,Director Freitas recognized the needfor the Contra Costa Water District to 6ecome a leader in statewide water issues.
Me showed unwavering leadership in the stand against the(Peripheral Canal when that measure was 6rought dawn to defeat injure
1982 6y more than 9S percent of the Contra Costa County voters;
WMT", Director Freitas has continued his support for the integrity of the Delta 6y opposing any projects which could
potentiaQy degrade the water quafty of the San Francisco Bay and Delta's fragile ecosystem;
WXE4M,Director Freitas was one of the 6oard mem6ers who supported the creation of the'Water 4§sources Department within
the District in 1987 whose mission is to provide supportable data for preserving the San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento San
Joaquin Delta system as weflas to provide supporta6le data to confirm the wisdom of proceeding with the Los vaqueros Project;and
WIMMU, Director Freitas has 6een dedicated to providing the highest quaCty water for his constituents while 644incing that
quest with a dedication to the preservation of rivers andwiURfe;and
WJMM4 S,during his sixteen years of service with the Contra Costa'Water District, the Los vaqueros Project 6ecame a qty in
part because of Director Freitas's dedication to ensuring the project stayed on track and its purpose kept in the pu6lc eye. Ile
provided leadership on the CCWD Board of Directors in making the decision to take "weasure tit," the 6afrot measure which
provided the puhlrc approval necessary to 6egin construction of the Los Vaqueros Pmject,to the voters in 1988;and
'WXENM�U, Director Freitas provided leadership in the area of pu6lc information to ensure that the District was 6oth
communicating with its customers about majorpmjects andpoluy issues as weflas ensuring that the District was providing a conduit
forfeedback from the community to the Board o Directors,
'WXE4,4, Director Freitas provided leadership in working out an agreement for CCPD to serve water to the customers of the
East Contra Costa Irrigation District who reside in that area in 1990 and 1991;and
W E4MM,Director Freitas was instrumental in smoothing the way for an agreement with the oak(ey'Water District(now the
Dia6loWater District)to construct the 4?gndafl'-Bo1d'WaterTreatment(Plant which was dedicatedtopu6Cc service in 1992,and
`WIF MU, during Director Freitas s tenure, he consistently attended 6oth committee and 6oard meetings prepared to makf
intelligent and though decision sin the pu6Cc interest,and
%,Yffi M,the Contra Costa Water District andaflits 400,000 customers have 6enefitedfrom the leadership ofDonald(P.Freitas.
XMV,,ZMMFoW,cDE I?"Wora- D that the Board of supervisors does hereby honor Oonald P Freitas in recognition of his
distinguished career as a member of the Contra Costa'Water District Board of(Directors and in acknowledgment of his role in the
history of waterdevelopment for the county of Contra Costa and the State of California
MS'ED 6y unanimous vote of the BoardWem6ers present on this 7th day ofNovem6er,1995.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an Order entered onto the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the
date aforesaid.
Witness my 9dand and the Seal of the
BoardofSupervisors afjWon this
7th Day ofNovember,1995.
MYL BA7 Clerkof the
Boa rs and CountyAdmi for
By.,
Deputy
Introduced 6y:
Supervisor Tom 7ordakson,District Five