HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01012002 - 2002-622 61Y
In the Matter of Honoring )
DeLois Basnett )
For her Contributions to Contra Costa County ) RESOLUTION NO. 2002622
WHEREAS DeLois Basnett, has served as Executive Director of the American Lung
Association of the East Bay and Co-chair of the Bay Area Cancer Coalition
WHEREAS, DeLois Basnett, has provided leadership and forged collaborations with public
agencies, private businesses, community groups, and nonprofit organizations to address lung related
diseases, air quality and the environment; and
WHER 4S DeLois Basnett, served tirelessly as a community representative and media
spokesperson about lung disease and air quality issues and has testified before numerous bodies on
behalf of tobacco control and clean air ordinances; and
WHEREAS DeLois Basnett, has conducted educational day camps in a medically safe
environment for children with asthma as well as providing educational seminars for health
providers; and
WHEREAS DeLois Basnett, was the first Chair and long-standing member of the Contra
Mosta Tobacco Prevention Coalition; and
WHERE4S, lung disease and breathing problems constitute the number one killer of infants under
the age of one year, and
WHEREAS clean air is vital to lung health, quality of life and a strong economy, and
WHEREAS lung disease is the third leading cause of death in California.
NOW THEREFORE BE TT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of the County of
Contra Costa, State of California, commends ,DeLois Basnett for her years of dedicated service,
and
Be It IGurtber Resolved that this Board does hereby extend to DeLois Basnett best wishes and
continued success in all her future endeavors.
PASSED .ANI) ADOPTED ON October 22, 2002 by a unanimous vote of the Board
members present.
.Mark DeSauln'
ohn Gioia, r Gayle
Donna er Federal D. Glover
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct
copy of an order enured on the Minutes of said Board of
Supervisors on the aforesaid date.
Witness my hand and the Seat of the Board of
Supervisors affixed this 22"day of October 2002.
JOAN SWEETEN,Clerk of the Board of Supervisor
and Cou ' Administrator.
By t`" LDeputy Clerk
In by Supervisor Mark DeSautnier,District IV