HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011999 - 1999-065 The Board'of Supervisors
of Contra Costa County
In the Matter of gZpsofution No. 99/65
Recognizing.AmeriCorps Teams
Tor Their&storation and&ha6iiitation
Efforts in the Communities of Bay(Point
.,,end Titts6urg
UMEP,EAS,AmeriCorps is a federally funded volunteer workforce, created when(President
Wilfiam Clinton signed into law in 1993 a measure that melded the,National CiviCian Conservation Corp
and VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America and
JVWJM,W, the services of Americorps are provided by thousands of men and women between
the ages of 18 and 24, of diiverse economic andgeographical bac*Srounds, who have volunteered their
time, harkkfning back to the tradition of community service that dates back,to Bresident TranVin 0.
4posevelt's(Depression-era programs;and
Uhl EUAS, the efforts of Americorps is focused on the restoration and rehabifitation of low-
income, owner-occupied houses, serving in teams of ten to fifteen ividuafs who participate in projects
that dealwith issues of localconcem including the environment,public safety, andeducation; and
TVMMAS,Americorps teams have visited the Bay(Point community previously clearing
areas of debris, repairing fences,painting individual homes, and developing and planting a community
garden; and
TVWIMgAS, a 12-mem6erAmericorps Team is currently working in the communities of Bay
(Point andTittsburg, an endeavor sponsored by the Titts6urg(Pre SchoolCoordtnating Counti4 where
they wiillwrkover the neV si.X weeks to paint and refurbish 23 homes in(Pittburg and 16 homes in Bay
(Point; and
TVJf( UAS, in an eipression of recognition andgratitude, the(Pittsburg 4're Schoof
Coordinating Council will sponsor a reception honoring Amenicorps at the Contra Costa County(Board of
Supervisors hearing on Te6ruary 23, 1999.
NOW, 2NE(. TOOM, BE I7 R;ESOLI EO that the Board of Supervisors of the County
of Contra Costa, Cafifomia, does hereby honor and recognise the vafua6le contributions the Americorps
team has made to our focalcommunities.
TASSE(D by unanimous vote of the BoardWembers present on this 23rd day of February, 1999.
i fim6y certify that tfie fangoing is a true and correct copy of a resolution entered on the ininutes of the Moard of
Supervisors on tfu date aforesaid
'Witness ray handandtheseafof the 3oardgfSupemiwYs aid
on this 23W day of February,1999
M7L%ATU+ELOOL Cfakof the Boan(gf Supervisors and
County Admiinrstrator
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