HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12161997 - C16 The Board of Supervisors
of Contra Costa County
In the Matter Resolution No. 97/670
HONORING BEV NOVARINA AS
OAKLEY'S 1997 "CITIZEN OF THE YEAR"
WHEREAS, on November 22, 1997, the Oakley Chamber of Commerce
honored Bev Novarina as "Citizen of the Year"; and
WHEREAS, Bev Novarina has lived in Oakley for the past thirty-eight years.
She has over that time volunteered her services working with children, on many
committee and organization to obtain better services for the Oakley Library, a committee
to get more parks in Oakley, and worked with the County to get housing to help the low-
income seniors and disabled in the community. She has spent hundreds of hours
volunteering her time to make Oakley a better community; and
WHEREAS, Bev is currently serving on the East County Regional Board
representing the unincorporated areas of East County. She is lobbying to divert any
incoming library funds into being spent to better the libraries; and
WHEREAS, she founded the Friends of the Oakley Library in 1992 and has been
serving as it's President for the last six years and is working on a joint use for the
development of a new library at Freedom High; and
WHEREAS, she is also currently the Chairperson for the Oakley Municipal
Advisory Council's Parks, Library, and Recreation Subcommittee and has worked on the
parks that have been built in Oakley; and
WHEREAS, Bev has served for ten years as a Delta 4-H project leader as well
as a community leader working with young children; and
WHEREAS, as a long-standing member of the Oakley Woman's Club, Bev has
worked on various fund-raisers to benefit worthy organizations and scholarships for high
school seniors.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the Board of Supervisors of Contra
Costa County, do hereby extend sincere congratulations to Bev Novarina for the honor
being bestowed upon her as Oakley's 1997 "Citizen of the Year" and her unselfish
dedication to the welfare of our community.
PASSED by unanimous vote of the Board Members present on this.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a resolution entered
on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed on this
16th day of December 1997.
PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of
the Board of Supervisors and
County Administrator
By L- ,
IntrVoroe
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