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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011997 - 1997-349 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUN'T'Y In the M Iter Of Resolution No. 1024n3.sin�g �+he T, ofPacherjointe 97/349 ing ot�The Pacheco Community Center WHEREAS, the Town of Pacheco has a grand an glorious historyy being called the "Queen City of Contra Costa" In the 18601s; antg WHEREAS, the Town was started from the land grant properties of Don Salvio Pachecond Geor a Loucks bean ohce named Loucksville, then PachecovIlle befole being named P9checo; and WHEREAS, in its history, amongman of its milestones is the California Grand a former Inn, ana sfo on the trail of the Pony Express and the Wells Fargo Express; and p W REAS, the Pacheco Grammar S hoot1 initially built in 1859, and wh c served as the ele entary nsti ute of learning for areas be and is borde , educating those as old as 19 and 20 because thre , were no Tfgh schools in the Bay Area outside of San Francisco; and WHEREAS, it was visited 141 and serviced businessmen, promctors, farmers and famousckeys, and was developed by am es named WelcA, Such, Wha , , aZwrath, Hendrix, Hale, Fassett, Hook, Carothers, Putnam, Do�3hing, Johnson, Weeks, Yager, and Boeger; and WHERgAS, it was a popular stopfor travelers oin to the Russian Raver by boat anti to the god country by home a d wagon; WHEREAS, it was the first site of the issuance of what we now know as a bank draft by the Safety Bank Exchange; and WHEREAS, the communityhas always viyyorou 1 protected its independence through earthuakes, floods, and firds; and WHEREAS,, it was deemed necessaryto rotect its rich history and to sustain the community for fuure en rations, the Pacheco Town Council, a private non-profit corpoiat on was established in 1947 to "Presere and Yromotd Pacheco"; and WBEREAfS, the Pacheco Town Council determined thpt once4in the community need d a meeting Iace, a lace which signi les Pacheco's fascinating past, a 4 ace which would serve future generations; and WHEREAS, the Pachecq Town Council hps worked diligentl with Cou1�tYY Redevelopment, using funds from .its tre sur., Count Park Dedic7�tion feeff, Braddock & Logan, ,TOSCO mittt�ation ee the Contra Costa Central, Santary Y strAct on behalf of tie G�oun ty Flood Control District, and community donations to raise its community center; and WHEREAS, this exceptional facilit will occupy what was the Ha den Park �i e, once the only ark Central Cont , and will ho se the or nal school be1l om t e oor nal Pachyeco Grammar Sc ol, the led mural depicting pacheco Ist ry from the Old Pacheco School, and the last remaining windmill n Pacheco. .NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Beard of Supervisors of C ntra Costa Count doe he eby ackno led a the own 67 Pacheco for t resolve in ennanc ng . is community LTy opening the Pacheco Community Center on June 7, 1997, Passed by unanimous vote of the Board Members present on this 8th Day of July 1997. I hereby certify that te foregoing Is a true and corrgct copy Of' an Order ntered bbn the minutes of said Board of Supervisors o Ue date aforesaid. witness m Hand and Seal of the Board- of qupervisors affixed on this 8th Day of July of 1997. PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board and County Administrator By: _ n � Introduced by: Supervisor Mark DeSaulnier, Dist Iv Supervisor Gayle B. Vilkema, Dist II I