HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 02211967 - 1967-128 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF _
CONTRA COSTA C O_ T& , STATE 00:F1CAU_�.F ORM IA.
In the Matter of Designating the i
Channel, Along the Shoreline of )
Contra Costa. County as the f RESOLUTION NUMBER 67/128
*John F. Baldwin Ship Channel.`
WHEREAS the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors
presented to the U. S. Array Corps of engineers in Judy, 19; 8, a
brief requesting a study of the economic and engineering
feasibility of the proposed ship channel improvementbetween the
Sa.n. Francisco Bar and the Port of Stockton; and
WHEREAS Congressman John F. Baldwin immediately
introduced legislation obtaining Federal funds to finance such a
study, and
11dFREAS during the five-year study period. Mr. Baldwin
served as the principal liaison between local agencies and
agencies of the Federal Government; and
WHIEEREAS in September, 1965o Mr. Baldwin, as a. member of
the 11ouse Public. Works Committee, obtained congressional
authorization for the 61 million, project; and
WHEREAS until his untimely death on Tlareh. 9, 1.966, the
name of Mr. Baldwin was more closely identified with the ship
channel improvement project than any other persona and
WHEREAS it is the expressed desire of official agencies
and thousands of his former constituents that the name of
Mr. Baldwin be attached as a memorial to one of this projects he
fathered in the interest of his district and the State of California;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOUI D BY THIS BOARD that the
representatives of Contra. Costa County in the Congress and the
Senate be requested to introduce a resolution officially designating
the ship ch.annnel along the shoreline of Contra, Costa' County as the
€John F. Baldwin Ship Channel."
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be
sent to the County representatives in the Legislature, members of
the press, the John F. Baldwin Memorial. Committee, and to other
interested persons.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of February, 1967, by
,he following Grote of the Board:
AYES., Supervisors James P. Kenny, Alfred 1,11. Lias,
James E. Moriarty, Thomas John. Coll,
Edmund A., Linscheid.
NOES: done.
A13SENT: None,
RES-GLUT ION INLIMBER 6,7/128