HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011997 - 1997-009 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN THE MATTER OF
Congratulating the BART Board of Directors)
on the occasion of their inauguration of )
train service to the new Pittsburg/Bay Point )
B,RT Station_ 1 RESOLUTION NO. 97/9
WHEREAS, on July 24, 1962, former District 5 Supervisor Joe Silva, representing j
eastern Contra Costa, cast the deciding vote that placed the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid
Transit (BART) District bond measure before Contra Costa County voters; and
WHEREAS, on November 6, 1962, Contra Costa voters approved the BART bond
measure, which enabled San Francisco and Alameda Counties to meet the state requirement that
a minimum of three counties participate in establishment of the BART District and avoided an
otherwise indefinite delay to creation of a rapid transit system for the Bay Area; and
WHEREAS, On September 1, 1983, the BART Board of Directors approved a BART
Extensions Staging Policy that included a BART extension to eastern Contra Costa in the first
phase of these extensions; and
WHEREAS, on October 25, 1991, the BART District broke ground for the extension
of rail transit service from the Concord BART Station to eastern Contra Costa which involved
close coordination with Caltrans, Contra Costa County, and the Contra Costa Transportation
Authority; and
WHEREAS, on December 7, 1996, the BART District initiated scheduled train service
to the new Pittsburg/Bay Point BART Station in eastern Contra Costa.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Contra Costa County Board of
Supervisors congratulates the BART District Board of Directors on the occasion of the
inauguration of service to the Pittsburg/Bay Point BART Station, thereby bringing rail transit
service to a part of the Bay Area that was so pivotal to the creation of the BART system 35
years ago.
PASSED AND ADOPTED ON January 14, 1997 by a unanimous vote of the Board
members present.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an order entered on the
Minutes of said Board of Supervisors on the aforesaid date.
Mark DeSaulnier, Chair
Jim Owl a . Uilkema
DoArber Joe Canciamilla
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Board
of Supervisors affixed this 14th day of
January. 1997.
By.
Deputy Clerk
(,b)
q&tBwrdofSupem&oa
of Contra Costa Counter
In the %&tw of 4,sofution No. 9 7/9
&cognizing Jason Augustus
on the,Attainment of the
4?gnkof Eagle Scout
,Jason,Augustus became a Boy Scout at the age of thirteen,adapting quick&to the
dtscipfine and teamworkwithin the foy Scouts and assuming a leadership role as a Tatrol Leader in less than
a years time;and
I+MfE ,Jason quickly gained the respect of his peers and was askfd to workas staff in the
Scouts summer day camps, and was elected to 6e a member of the order of the Arrow, and
W&Tff, 'S, Jason has successfuffy completed a community service project which involved the
planning and supervision of a drip irrigation system the planting of shru6s, &u,,growing plants and landscape
cleanup at the Delta 2000 44vertown gZfsource Center resulting in the 6eautifxcation of the area 6erujiting not
only the Delta 2000 organization, but the surroundring neighborhood and overaffcommunity as wel-and
IV,N?ET<W, Cason spent over 100 hours planning and preparing this valuable community projcct
andimpamenting his plan over three weekfnds, supervising the laboreq=&d6y felfow troop members,
friends andfamify in order to bring this project to completion;and
WMT",Jason is a member ofBoy Scout Troop 151 in Antioch, a troop sponsored 6y the
Antioch Lions Club;and
HMUM, a National Eagle Court ofdonor is scheduledforSunday,January 19, 1997,and
911W, IZTMMTM (E I7'WOLVEO that the BoardofSupervisors of the County of
Contra Costa, Cagforn a, does hereby recognize and congratulate Jason,Augustus on the attainment of the
Eagle Scout rank;
.)USED 6y unanimous vote of the BoardWem6ers present on this 14th day of January, 1997.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a trim an comct copy of a resoCution entered on this minutes of the Ooard of
Supervisors on the date aforesaid:
Wimm my handandtheSeatof the foardof
Supervisors~on this 14th day of
Jamuary,1997.
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Supenam and(CCountyAdminutrator
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