HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 09092004 - 71-023 i
IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,. STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Designating )
the Newly Remodeled Reference )
Room at the Central County ) RESOLUTION NUMBER 71/23
Library as the "Baldwin )
Reference Library." }
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WHEREAS this Board of Supervisors appointed a citizens
committee in 1966 to recommend a suitable memorial to the memory
of the late Congressman John F. Baldwin, whose untimely death at
age fifty occurred while he so ably represented the people of
Contra Costa County* and
WREREAS the citizens committee has recommended that a
special new room in the growing Central County Library be desig-
nated as a permanent memorial to the late Congressman Baldwin,
and kjas raised funds to augment the equipment and furniture to
achieve an atmosphere for research and study in politics, public
affairs and they historical records of Contra Costa County;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Supervisors of the County
of Contra Costa, California does hereby designate the newly
remodeled Reference Room at the Central County Library in
Pleasant Hill as the "Baldwin Reference Library" in tribute to
a knowledgeable man who will live in the memory of thousands of
Contra Costa County citizens as a friend who considered the
problems of everyone as worthy of attention, had a deep regard
for the importance of publics service, and had an unwavering
confidence in government by the peopled
PASSED and ADOPTED this 12th day of January, 19719 by
the following vote of the Board
AYES Supervisors J. E. Moriarty, W. N. Boggess,
B. A. Linscheid, J. P. Kenny.
NOES. •None.
ABSENTS Supervisor A. M. Dias,
RESOLUTION NUMBER 71/'23