HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 06261984 - 1.28 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF .CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Congratulating ) -
Hirsh Morton, ) RESOLUTION No. 84/364
Lafayette Citizen of the Year, 1984 )
WHEREAS Hirsh Morton has been selected Lafayette ' s thirty-
fifth Citizen of the Year; and
WHEREAS Hirsh Morton and his wife, Ellen, have been residents
of Lafayette for thirty-two years , joined more recently by their
children, Mark, Todd, Janet and Pamela, and an anthropomorphic bear,
Herman Jr. ; and
WHEREAS Hirsh Morton conjures distinctive architectural
design and planning for the Bay Area through his firm, Hirsh Morton
& Associates Architects-Planners Inc. ; and
WHEREAS Hirsh Morton conjures distinctive architectural
design and planning for the Bay Area through his firm, Hirsh Morton
& Associates Architects-Planners Inc. ; and
WHEREAS Hirsh Morton contributed his time and expertise to
formulation of the aesthetic elements of the Lafayette General
Plan; and
WHEREAS Hirsh Morton donated his architectural sense of the
pleasing and possible to projects involving the Lafayette Design/
sign Review Committee , Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanis Club; and
WHEREAS Hirsh Morton redesigned part of the Lafayette
Veterans ' Building and the new Lafayette Community Center; and
WHEREAS Hirsh Morton leaves to Lafayette a legacy of
sensitive urban design and proportion; and
WHEREAS Hirsh Morton makes magic with a bow tie, a bear,
and a T-square; and
WHEREAS there is barely enough space on this resolution to
begin to properly note Hirsh Morton' s many and substantial
acievements ;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors
of the County of Contra Costa, California, hereby CONGRATULATES
Hirsh Morton upon his selection as Lafayette Citizen of the Year
and COMMENDS his dedication to the highest principles of his
profession and service to his fellow citizens of Lafayette.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board EXTENDS to Hirsh
Morton its thanks for helping to make a lovely part of the County
even more beautiful and EXPRESSES to him its wishes for much
further personal and professional achievement.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on June 26 , 1984 , by unanimous vote of
the Board members present.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct
copy of a resolution entered on the minutes of the Board of
Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed this
twenty-sixth day of June, 1984.
J. R. OLSSON, County Clerk
By eputy Clerk
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