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IN THE MATTER OF HONORING RESOLUTION NO. 2008/596
RICK ALCARAZ
AND CONGRATULATING HIM
ON BEING NAMED LABOR-TO-LABOR's
2008 ACTIVIST OF THE YEAR
WHEREAS, Rick Alcaraz grew up and attended public schools in Richmond, California; and
WHEREAS, Rick Alcaraz was a member of the Plumbers and Steamfitters UA Local 159 for 38 years,
including serving 11 years as Board President and 4 years as Vice-President; and
WHEREAS, Rick Alcaraz served for 10 years on the Executive Board of the Plumbers and Steamfitters
UA Local 159, and served as a delegate to the Central Labor Council from 1973 to 2008; and
WHEREAS, Rick Alcaraz retired from the Plumbers and Steamfitters UA Local 159 in 2003 and started
his "second" career as a volunteer with the Central Labor Council=and the Contra Costa County
Building Trades; and
WHEREAS, Rick Alcaraz has held numerous volunteer positions serving Contra Costa County including
his current post as a HAZMAT commissioner;and
WHEREAS, Rick Aicaraz's other positions include serving on the Contra Costa County 'Hazardous
Materials Commission, the Richmond Community Advisory_Board for the California Department
of Toxic" Substance Control, Contra Costa County Equal Opportunity Commission, the
Affirmative_Action Committee of Contra Costa, and serving as Vice-President of the West County
Latina/Latino Democratic Club, and member of the Contra Costa County Democratic Central
Committee; and
WHEREAS, as a'professional and volunteer, Rick Alcaraz has worked''tirelessly'on behalf of the residents
and working families of Contra Costa County;
NOW BE IT RESOLVED, that the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors honors Rick Alcarez for
his many contributions and congratulates him for being.named the 2008 Activist of the Year by
Labor-to-Labor.
FEDERAL D. GLOVER
Chair
District V Supervisor
JOHN GIOIA GAYLE B. ILKEMA
ct I Supervisor District II Supervisor
`M N. PIEPHO SUSAN A. BONILLA
[strict III Supervisor l�E SFJ t District IV Supervisor
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action
0. * taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors
on the date shown:
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ATTESTED: September 9,2008
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't�t udm7Dtr to oA,Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County
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By �ti�ls W L.�.U(�J _ Deputy
Introduced by Supervisors Gioia and Bonilla, Districts I and IV