HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01012004 - 2004-24 In the Matter of Honoring )
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Chris Brittle )
on his Retirement )
RESOLUTION NO. 2004124'
WHEREAS, Chris Britde joined the Metropolitan Transportation Commission as an airport Planner/Engineer in
October 1973;and,
WHEREAS, through his analyses of the expansion plans of Bay Area airports and his work as staff liaison to the
Regional Airport Planning Committee with responsibility for the Regional Airport Plan Update {a past he held for
the entirety of his career with MTC), Chris played a key role in helping regional airports accommodate the dramatic
growth in air passenger travel over the past thirty years, and,
WHEREAS, as a Senior Planner/Analyst in the 1980s, Chris added to his responsibilities and tackled other travel
modes, supervising the agency's Commute Alternatives Study, the Peninsula Route 101 Study, the SCR 74 Peninsula Mass
Transit Study, the 1580/1.680 Corridor Study, and many others; and,
WHEREAS, upon his promotion to Manager of Planning in 1988, Chris continued to build on his record of
regional leadership in transportation planning, broadening his portfolio to include all travel modes and helping MTC
build a national reputation as a model planning organization; and,
WHEREAS, he has been a driving force behind a number of major planning initiatives including the Route
2$/Caldecott Tunnel Corridor Study, the BART-San Francisco International Airport Extension study, the Interstate 80
Corridor Study, the Bay Area Transportation Blueprint in 2000 and MTC's comprehensive, triennial Regional
Transportation Plans, Chris has helped bring key projects to completion while working to envision, shape and define a
transportation future that will bring benefits to Bay Area travelers for years to come;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County thanks and
commends Chris Brittle for his three decades of exemplary service to the cause of Bay Area transportation, and wishes
for this long-time resident of Moraga a rewarding and welldeserved retirement.
PASSED AND ADOPTED ON January 27, 2004 by a unanimous vote of the Board members present.
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FERAL D. GLOVER
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District V Supervisor
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GAYLE B. 1LKEMA
District I Supervisor j District II Superv'sor
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AMLIE GREENBERG MARK DeSAULNIER
District III Supervisor District IV Supervisor
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a
resolution entered on the minutes of said Board of Supervisors on
the aforesaid date.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Board of Supervisors affixed
this 27`j'dory of January 2004.
JOHN SWEETEN, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors
By 0
Dgwty Clerk
Introduced by Supervisor Murk UeSaulnier