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In the watter of &solution No. 99/65
WScogntzing AmeriCorps Tams
Tor 9heir 4?Sstoration and hafilitatzon
Efforts in the Communities of f Bay Toint
, End Tittsburg
% RES,-AmeriCorps is a federaffy funded volunteer workforce, mated when(resident
lVifiiam Clinton signed into&w in 1993 a measure that melded the MationalCivdian Conservation Corp
and VISA (Volunteers in Service to America, and
IW E-U� S, the services ofAmerkorps are provided by thousands of men and women between
the ages of 18 and 24, of diverse economic andgeographical6ackgrounds, who have volunteered their
time, harkening back to the tradition of community service that dates back to('resident Trankjiin 0.
4Zposevelt's Depression-era programs; and
UMEUAS, the efforts ofAmericorps is focused on the restoration andrehtabilitation of low-
income, owner-occupied houses, searing in teams of ten to fif een individuaar4 who participate in projects
that deal with issues of local concern including the environment,public safety, and education; and
1 1.EP�,E,[S,Americorps teams have visited the Bay Point community previously clearing
areas of`debris, repairing fences,painting individual homes, and developing and planting a community
garden; and
WE9(�E,AS, a 12-me &er Americorps Team is currently working in the communities of-Bay
Point andTittsburg, an endeavor sponsored by the Pittsburg fteSchoolCoordinating Councti where
they wili'workover the neat sitweekc to paint and refurbish 23 homes in rPittburg and16 homes in Bay
Toint;and
UEP9,4S, in an expression of recognition andgratitude, the Pittsburg Tre-School
Coordinating Councilwidsponsor a reception honoring-Americorpsat the Contra Costa County Boardof
Supervisors hearing on T'ebruary 23, 1999.
"W, Of?`EnTGtX .., BE I'1''RES'CJ'LVED that the Boardof,Supervlsors of the County
of Contra Costa, California, does hereby honor and recognize the valuable contributions the Amerieorps
team has made to our local communities.
(PASSED by unanimous vote of the Board 9d embers present on this 23rd day of Febr uary, 1999.
2 hcreeFry certify that the foregoing is a true and comct capy of a raotution enticed on tine minutes of the soardof
Supervisors on the date aforesaid
Vh'tness my hand'and the Sealof the eBoacrdaf Supen*ors a&Vd
on this 23id day of February,1999
G onmLc%cktkof the Board of Supemuors and
County.�dmirastrator
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