HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 01272004 - C17 In the Matter of Honoring )
C'hri's Brlttire
on his Retirement )
RESOLUTION NO. 2004124
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WHEREAS, Chris Brittle Joined the Metropolitan Transportation Commission as an Airport Planner/Engineer in
October 1973;and,
U EREAS, through his analyses of the expansion plans of Bay Area airports and his work as staff liaison to the
Regional Airport Planning Committee with responsibility for the Regional Airport Plan update (a past he held for
the entirety of his career with MTC), Chris played a key role in helping regional airports accommodate,the dramatic
growth in air passenger travel over the past thirty years; and,
4WEREAS, as a Senior Planner/Analyst in the 1980s, Chris added to his responsibilities and tackled other travel
modes, supervising the agency's Commute Alternatives Study, the Peninsula Route 101 Study, the SCR74 Peninsula Mass
Transit Study, the 1-580/1.680 Corridor Study, and many others, and,
91HEREAS, upon his promotion to Manager of Planning in 1988, Chris continued to build on his record of
regional leadership in transportation planning, broadening his portfolio to include all travel modes and helping MTC' 4
build a national reputation as a model planning organization; and,
LlWEREAS, he has been a driving force behind a number of major planning initiatives including the Routs
24/Caldecott Tunnel Corridor Study, the BART-San Francisco International Airport Extension study, the Interstate 80
Corridor Study, the Bay Area Transportation Blueprint in 2000 and MTC's comprehensive, triennial Regional
Transportation Plans, Chris has helped bring key projects to completion while working to envision, shape and define a
transportation future that will bring benefits to Bay Area travelers for years to come;
NOW, THEREFORg BE IT RESOLVED that Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County thanks and
commends Chris Brittle for his three decades of exemplary service to the cause of Bay Area transportation, and wishes
for this longtime resident of Moraga a rewarding and well-deserved retirement.
PASSED D ON January 27, 2004 by a unanimous vote of the Board members present.
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L'EIJ RAL D. GLOVER
{ Chair t
District V Supervisor
JOHN GIOL4 GAYLE B. MILKEMA
District I Supervisor t District II Supernior
MILLI'E GREENBERG AI ARK I7eSAULNIER
District III Supervisor District IV Supervisor
1 hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a
resolution entered on the minutes of said Board of Supervisors on
the aforesaid date.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Board of Supervisors affixed
this 27''day of January 2414.
JOHN SWEETEN, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of
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Supervisors,9
By
Deputy Clerk
Introduced by Supervisor Mark DeSattlwer