HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 12031991 - 91-765 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Congratulating )
Nora Harlow ) Resolution No.: 91/7 6 S
The Orinda Association )
Volunteer of the Year, 1991 )
WHEREAS Nora Harlow has been named one of The Orinda Association's Volunteers
of the Year in recognition of her tireless efforts to improve the environment, land and
streetscapes of Orinda, to ensure careful longrange urban planning and to enhance the
continued vital role of The Orinda Association in Orinda's civic life; and
WHEREAS Nora Harlow contributed to the comprehensive Orinda General Plan as a
member of the General Plan Committee from 1985 to 1987; and
WHEREAS Nora Harlow guided The Orinda Association as a Board member from
1988 to 1991, including two years as vice president; and
WHEREAS Nora Harlow rewrote The Orinda Association's by-laws and set up its
Public Affairs Committee to bring the good news of the County's largest voluntary
homeowners association to the attention of Orinda's citizens and policymakers; and
WHEREAS Nora Harlow designed, wrote and edited for five years the New Orinda
News, a quarterly newspaper published just for the citizens of Orinda; and
WHEREAS Nora Harlow contributed her expertise in landscape architecture and
horticulture to The Orinda Association's Trees Committee and the Downtown Revitalization
Project,drawing up new plans for the Mini-Park and the walk behind the Safeway; and
WHEREAS Nora Harlow chaired the Creeks Committee of The Orinda Association,
acting as a liaison between the Association, the City of Orinda and Contra Costa County in
discussions of creek inventories and creeks management.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of the County
of Contra Costa, California, hereby CONGRATULATES Nora Harlow on her selection as one
of The,Orinda Association's Volunteers of the Year, COMMENDS Nora. Harlow for her .
unassuming and generous gifts of her designs and talents to Orinda, and EXTENDS to Nora
Harlow its best wished for much further civic accomplishment and success.
PASSED and ADOPTED this third day of December, 1991, by unanimous vote of the
Board members present.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a resolution entered in
the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed this
third day of December, 1991.
Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors and
CountAdIminis tor.
By d Deputy Clerk
Introduced by:
Supervisor anc C. Fanden
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