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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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FROM: PHIL BATCHELOR a+r County
County Administrator
DATE: January 23, 1996
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION COMMENDING CHRIS ADAMS FOR VOLUNTEER SERVICE
Specific Request(s) or Recommendation(s) & Background & Justification
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1 . Adopt Resolution 96/30 commending Chris Adams for volunteer service to
the citizens of Contra ,Costa County.
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2 . Support the nomination of Chris Adams by the Juvenile Systems Planning
Advisory Committee for the Indy Den Daas Award, recently established by
the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, to honor "individuals
with a history of extraordinary contributions to volunteer service in
the criminal justice field. "
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND:
The National Council on Crime and Delinquency recently established the Indy
Den Daas Award to honor outstanding volunteers who work to make our criminal
justice system more humane,. The award honors the late Indy Den Daas and
perpetuates her generous and energetic spirit as a volunteer over many
decades . The award will be given based on qualities of vision, cooperation,
and generosity of spirit and time. The Juvenile Systems Planning Advisory
Committee is nominating Chris Adams as a person who exemplifies these
qualities .
Chris Adams has been active for forty years in various volunteer capacities--
ranging from local state and national advisory groups, to foster parenting
and tutoring of individual children. She has worked to improve juvenile and
adult justice agencies and services . She has also been active in the PTA, in
services for abused and neglected children, with the grand jury, and in local
church, civic, and political associations .
Continued on Attachment: YES Signature:
Recommendation of County Administrator
Recommendation of Board Committee
Approve Other
Signature(s) :
Action of Board on: 7a" 23 . 1096-- Approved as Recommended XX Other
Vote of Supervisors: I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
XX _ _ AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
Unanimous (Absent ) AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE
Ayes : Noes : ) BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON DATE SHOWN.
Contact: George Roemer (646-4855) Attested: January 23 , 1996
cc: County Administrator' s Office Phil Batchelor, Clerk of
the Board of Supervisors
and County Administrator
By: , DEPUTY
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In The Matter of Commending Chris Adams For Her
Contributions To Volunteer Service In the Education,
Social Service and Criminal
Justice Fields Resolution No.96130
WHEREAS, Chris Adams, a resident of Contra Costa County for 46 years since moving to
Lafayette;and
WHEREAS,Ms.Adams became involved with the local education system in Contra Costa County
and served as an elected member of the Lafayette Elementary School District, Board of Education,
1954-67, and as Secretary of the Contra Costa County School Boards Association, and on various
Countywide education committees during 1954-67 including textbooks,teacher recruitment, school
district unification;and as Charter President, Contra Costa Court Schools, 1983; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Adams and her husband of 52 years, Dr. Robert T. Adams, Manager (ret.),
Chevron Research Company,became foster parents to several children, 1956-1974; and
WHEREAS,Ms.Adams has served in many capacities on boards and commissions in Contra
Costa County including serving as a member and Chair of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Commissions, 1962-1977, the Correctional and Detention Services Advisory Commission,
1987.1994(she is also a member of the Inmate Welfare Committee,since 1990 the Drug Abuse Council,
1972-1974,the Human Services Advisory Commission, 1977-1980,the Alcoholism Advisory Board, 1973,
the Juvenile Systems Planning Advisory Committee, 1992-current,and the Grand Jury, 1986-1987; and
WHEREAS,Ms.Adams'volunteer work also includes being elected to the Republican Central
Committee, 1988-current,former Chair of the Mental Health Association,member of the American Red
Cross, Diablo Chapter, 1987 and Secretary of the San Francisco Bay Area Girl Scout Council and
member and former Senior Warden at St.Anselm's Episcopal Church in Lafayette;and
WHEREAS, she has dedicated her life to improving the lives of other adults and children in
Contra Costa County,
IT IS THEREFORE RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY that
Chris Adams is commended for her service to the citizens of Contra Costa County.
PASSED AND ADOPTED ON January 23, 1996,by unanimous vote of the Board members.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true orrect copy of a Resolution entered on the
minutes of the Board of Supervisors onGM?Y�
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Jim Roge District I GayI16 Bishop,Distridt III
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Mark DeSaulnier,District IV Tom Torlakson,District V
Witness my hand and the Seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed this
23rd day of January, 1996.
Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and County Administrator
By AA Yl
Dep Clerk
Introduced By:
Supervisor Smith and Supervisor DeSaulnier