HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 11071995 - 95-529 V&BOARD OIFSVMR,`VISO4LS OF CONM COSTA COVMT
In the 91fatter of gsoCution-Wo. 95/529
7fonoringDonafdT.. Freitas on his
Outstanding Accompluhments as a
Contra Costa Water District(Director
WME46FM,since 1979, Donald T. Freitas has served the citizens of the City of Antioch, the town of Oakley,parts of the cities of
Titts6urg and Brentwood;on the Boardof Directors of the Contra Costa Water District,sewing as arsident of the CCPD Board of
Directors from 1987 to 1989;and
4N.1MME U,(Director Freitas wiff be honoredat anAppreciation Dinner on Friday,November 17,1995.
ftYMtW, Director Freitas recognized the needfor the Contra Costa'Water(District to become a leader in statewide water issues.
?fe showed unwavering leadership in the stand against the(Peripheral Canal when that measure was brought down to defeat in dune
1982 by more than 95 percent of the Contra Costa County voters;
4NMT<W, Director Freitas has continued his support for the integrity of the Delta by opposing any projects which could
potential y degrade the water quality of the San Francisco Bay andoeltas fragile ecosystem;
WIMUM, Director Freitas was one of the 6oardmem6ers who supportedthe creation of the Water&sources(Department within
the District in 1987 whose mission is to provide supporta6le datafor preserving the San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento San
Joaquin Delta system as welfas to provide supporta6le data to confirm the wisdom of pmceeing with the Los Vaqueros 2Pmject;and
%VJ&ff,S, (Director Freitas has been de tcatedto prang the highest quality water for his constituents while balancing that
quest with a dedication to the preservation of rivers and wiUrfe;and
%VI&T< S,during his sixteen years of service with the Contra Costa Water District, the Los vaqueros Project became a reafrty in
part because of(Director Freitas's dedication to ensuring the project stayed on track and its purpose k#pt in the public eye. 7fe
provided leadership on the CCWD Board of(Directors in making the decision to tali 'Weasure �W,A the ballot measure which
provided the pu6lc approval necessary to begin construction of the Los vaqueros Project,to the voters in 1988;and
10MMU, Director Freitas provided leadership in the area of pu66c information to ensure that the District was both
communicating with its customers about majorprojects andpoluy issues as weffas ensuring that the District was ping a conduit
forfeedbackfrom the community to the Boardo Directors,
49AMM ,, Director Freitas provided leadership in working out an agreement for CCPD to serve water to the customers of the
East Contra Costa Irrigation District who reside in that area in 1990 and 1991;and
' JMT<MS,(Director Freitas was instrumental in smoothing the way for an agreement with the Oak(ey'Water District(now the
Dia 6lo'Water(District)to construct the 4?gndalC-Bold'Water Treatment(Plant which was dedicated to pu64c service in 1992;and
U-9&4MAS, during Director Freitas s tenure, he consistently attended both committee and board meetings prepared to =4
intelligent and though decision sin the public interest;and
'WJ1rE4 7S,the Contra Costa Water District andalfits 400,000 customers have 6enefitedfrom the leadership ofmonalde Freitas.
NW,0MMTOW,BSE I74fS0L'NE0 that the Boardof Supervisors does hereby honorOonaldT.. Freitas in recognition of his
distinguished career as a member of the Contra Costa Water District Board of Directors and in acknowledgment of his role in the
history of water development for the county of Contra Costa and the State of California.
V SS*ED by unanimous vote of the BoardNembers present on this 7th day ofNovem6er,1995.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true andcorrect copy of an Orderentemdonto the minutes of the Board ofSupervisors on the
date aforesaid
'Witness my Mandand the Sealof the
Board of Supervisors afjW on this
7th Day of Novem6er,1995.
eBATICkrkofthe
ndCountyAdmi for
By
Deputy
Intro:
Supervisor Tom 7orf*on4 District Five