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In the Matter of Honoring Harry Yahata )
On the Occasion of His Retirement ) RESOLUTIONNO. 2001/557
WHEREAS Harry Yahata has served Caltrans for 40 years, including four years as District
Director for Caltrans District 4, managing the 1,500 mile state highway system in the nine Bay Area
counties and overseeing 4,000 employees; and
WHEREAS during A& Yahata's tenure as District Director, in partnership with local and state
agencies, the Department of Transportation initiated construction on capital projects with a value in
excess of $1.5 billion directly benefiting Contra Costa County, including: two new bridges across the
Carquinez Strait, from Crockett to Vallejo and Martinez to Benicia; the widening of Route 4 in
Franklin Canyon and Hercules; the widening of Route 4 from Bailey Road in Bay Point to Loveridge
in Pittsburg, with median for a future BART extension; and the seismic retrofit of the existing Benicia-
Martinez, Carquinez and Richmond San Rafael Bridges; and
WHEREAS Mr: Yahata's tenure as District Director was consistently marked by a spirit of
cooperation, facilitation and an understated but wholly effective approach to problem-solving. Even
difficult challenges such as finalizing approvals for reconstruction of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay
Bridge and its western approach for seismic safety have been addressed, allowing critical work on those
projects to proceed; and
WHEREAS, Harry Yahata ably represented the State Business, Transportation and Housing
Agency on the Metropolitan Transportation Commission; and
WHEREAS Harry Yahata has worked diligently to improve transportation in the Bay Area,
always in a collaborative and collegial manner with many divergent (and often contradictory) points of
view represented by the regions multiple transportation organizations and public interest groups;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors does hereby proclaim
December 4, 2001 as Harry Yahata Day in Contra Costa County.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on December 4, 2001
by a unanimous vote o the Board members present.
GAYLE . UILKEMA
Chair
<7_1\JeA District H Supervisor
JOHN GIOIA DONNA E ER
District I Supervisor District I e isor
MARK DeSAULNIER FE ERAL . GLOVER
District IV Supervisor District V Supervisor
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an
action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of
Supervisors on the date shown:
ATTESTED: December 4,2001
JOHN SWEETEN,Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and
County Administrator
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By/ uty
Introduced by Supervisor
Mark DeSaulnier, District IV