HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04221997 - U1 V.
The Board of Supervisors
of Contra Costa County
In the watter of &solution No. 97/185
Monoring Dow Chemical Company on the Occasion
of their 100thAnniversary and Encouraging Families
to Cefe6rate with Dow at a Community-wide
Environmental'Faire to 6e heldon May 3, 1997
WYEREAS, this year marks the Dow Chemical Company's 100th Anniversary, having 6een
founded 6y 9fer6ert Menry Dow in 1897, and
Z(�XEPE.f7S, in honor of this Centennia(Anniversary, as wellas in honor of the City ofAntioch's
125th Anniversary and the 20th Anniversary of Tri-Defta Transit, the Dow Wetlands Environmenta(Team
and the City ofAntioch's 125th Anniversary Committee have scheduleda Community-wide Environmental
Faire to 6e held on Saturday, May 3, 1997;and
t
W& ` ,[S, this cele6ration wid 6e heldat the Dow Chemicalwetfands wife ha6itat and
preserve; and
TVJ&RE,7S, Dow Chemical will6e joined 6y several other prestigious organizations including the
Lindsay Wiffife Museum, Lawrence 9fafl-ofScience,Sierra Club,Audu6on Society andBlack(Diamond
Mines in utilizing East County's wetlands preserve to provide entertainment andeducation to the community;
and
` MEREAS, the(Dow Chemical Company has 6een a responsive community mem6er of East Contra
Costa since 1939, employing numerous residents andproviding internships for high schoolandcollege students;
and
NOW, V (ETORE, BE MMSOLVED that the BoardofSupervisors of Contra Costa
County, California, does here6y recognize the Dow Chemical Company for its signifwant contri6utions to the
East County Community and to Contra Costa County as a whole.
BE Ic!'Fv12r,ZtHER4WOLVED that the Boardof Supervisors of the County of Contra Costa,
Calfornia, does hereby honor the Dow Chemical Company on the occasion of their 100th Anniversary and
encourages all residents of Contra Costa County to cele6rate with Dow at their May 3, 1997 Environmental
'Faire.
(P,4SSEfD 6y unanimous vote of the Boa rd94em6ers present on this 22nd day of Apri11997.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true an correct copy of a resolution entered on the minutes of the Board of
Supervisors on the date aforesaid
U itness my Mand and tyre Sealof the Board of
Supewisors affzdon this 22ndday ofApril,
1997.
g9f7L BATO&LOP,Clerkof the Boardof
Supewisors and CountyAdministrator
Deputy
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