HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01012001 - 2001-357 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
TA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA 0�
CONTRA COS
Resolution 2001/3 5 7
In the Matter of
Commending the Federal Regional Council's)
North Richmond Task Force for their Efforts )
and Contributions in North Richmond )
WHEREAS, the Federal Regional Council, Region IX was established in 1998 as an
outgrowth of the Region IX Federal Interagency Welfare Reform Task Force created in
1996 to meet the challenges of welfare reform; and
WHEREAS,the membership of the Federal Regional Council. Region IX includes regional
representatives from the following departments:Agriculture, Education, Energy, Health and
Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Justice, Labor, Interior and
Transportation, and the following federal agencies: Environmental Protection Agency,
Small Business Administration, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Social Security
Administration; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Regional Council selected North Richmond as one of two
neighborhoods in Northern California where federal collaboration could have a positive
impact addressing issues of high poverty status and historical problems with service
delivery; therefore, the North Richmond Task Force was created; and
WHEREAS, in the two years since the creation of the Federal Regional Council's North
Richmond Task Force, tangible results in the areas of inter-agency communication, child
education and welfare, employment and training, physical improvements, transportation
and capacity building have been achieved; and
WHEREAS,these results include a U.S. Department of Transportation grant to expand bus
service in North Richmond, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services'
coordination of over a thousand books and toys to North Richmond youth, the U.S.
Department of Agriculture's donation of 25 computers to Verde School, a financial literacy
program sponsored by the FDIC, a special bus program to transport North Richmond
residents to work in Marin, a 21St Century Learning Center afterschool grant awarded to
Verde School by the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development's success in increasing community self-sufficiency and securing
employment opportunities for North Richmond residents; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY OF RICHMOND, hereby
recognize the Federal Regional Council and its North Richmond Task Force for its citizens
centered and results-oriented approach to partnership with all key stakeholders which
includes City and County staff that have made a positive difference in North Richmond.
PASSED and ADOPTED by the unanimous vote of the Board on the 14th day of August,
2001.
1 hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a resolution entered on the
minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed this 14`h day
of August 2001.
John Sweeten, Clerk of the Board of
Sup isor*qpd County dmin trator.
1
By
Deputy Clerk