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In the Matter of RESOLUTION NO. 2001/242
RECOGNIZING THE PACIFIC AREA TRAINING TEAM OF THE UNITED STATES COAST
GUARD FOR ITS WORK WITH DISF�DVANTAYOUTHS AT RICHMOND HIGH
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SCHOOL
WHEREAS,the Pacific Area Tritning.Tear .of the United`States Coast Guard has been providing sailing
instruction to disacluantaed youths at Richmond High School for thepast.four years;and
WHEREAS,members of tfie Pacific,Area'Training Team of the United States Coast Guard are allowed by
their Commanding Officer to giveh classroom instruction at Richmond High School in the-morning and
perform their regular,Coast Guard duties in the afternoon;and
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WHEREAS, the Pacific Area Training Team of the United States,Coast Guard has built a unique
p rship with Richmond High School and Crosscurrent Voyages,a private ron profit organization,in
order to provide`sailing instruction to the students aboard the sailing vessel Neh nrah;and
WHEREAS,m'addition to strengthening their,math and reasoning skip,Richmond 1 hgh School"students
have also increased their voeabuiary with nautical terms, learned naritirne history, and marine
environmental edueghon`because of training;and
WHEREAS,'the students also'acquirecl an awareness of the role of the Coast Guard,which,includes drug
interdiction,vessel regulation,licensing,and search and rescue in the Bay and alf'o4vigable.waters,and
WHEREAS,having learned maritime skills such as lowering the sails,•anchoring, steering the vessel,
navigation,chart reading,radar reading, giving and receiving commands,and=91 new career
opportunities have been opened to students who have graduated from the programs and
WHEREAS',the Pacifrc.Ai ea Tratning Team of the UnitedStates Coast Guard'has,proven its importance to
the youths of'Richmorid High School and the community it serves;
NOW, THEREEORtBE tT=RESOLVED that the Board off'Supervisors'of Contra Costa County
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does hereby recogPize and honor'the Pacific Area Training Teabi of the United"States Coast Guard
for its exemplary contrib?utions to the education of d►sdvantaged youths„at'R'chmond High School.
PASSED by a unanimous'vote of tho"Btaard`of Supervisors members present this
12th Day of June 2001
IMIN GIOIA,District I AYLE B. ,District II DONNA GER District III
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MARK DeSAULNIER,District IV FEDERAL D.GLOVER,District V
Witness my hand and the Seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed this
12th Day of June 2001
John Sweeten,Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and County
A 'nistrat r
Introduced by Supervisor John Gioia Deputy Clerk