HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 05191987 - 87-302 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Congratulating )
Margaret DePriester ) Resolution No. 87/302
Moraga Citizen of the Year, 1987 )
WHEREAS Margaret DePriester has been selected as Moraga' s
ninth Citizen of the Year; and
WHEREAS Margaret DePriester, and her husband;, Coral, have
resided in Moraga for nineteen years, where they raised
their children, Susan and Bruce; and
WHEREAS Margaret DePriester taught elementary school and
then plunged into volunteer service in Moraga; and
WHEREAS Margaret DePriester was named Distinguished Woman of
the Year in 1975 by the Orinda-Moraga-Lafayette Branch of
the American Association of University Women, honoring her
outstanding initiative and achievement; and
WHEREAS Margaret DePriester was appointed to the Moraga
Planning Commission in 1975, too, and chaired the Commission
in 1979 when the Town' s General Plan was adopted; and
WHEREAS Margaret DePriester sought and won election to the
Moraga Town Council in 1980, and was reelected in 1984; and
WHEREAS Margaret DePriester generally plans a full day and
night of Town business and service on Town and County
commissions resolving solid waste and transportation
dilemmas, needs of the elderly, problems of young people
involved in drug and alcohol abuse and the unseen needy in
our community; and
WHEREAS Margaret DePriester started Moraga Beautiful Week,
which reflects her Native American sense that we must be
gentle stewards of the land,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors
of the County of Contra Costa, California hereby
CONGRATULATES Margaret DePriester on her selection as Moraga
Citizen of the Year, Commends her untiring efforts as an
exemplary elected official; and THANKS her for her
contributions.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board EXTENDS to Margaret
DePriester its best wishes for much further personal and
civic accomplishment.
Passed and adopted on May 19, 1987, by unanimous vote of the
Board members present.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct
copy of a resolution entered in the minutes of the Board of
Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the seal of
the Board of Supervisors affixed
this nineteenth day of May, 1987 .
Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors and County
Adminis rator.
By • ��eputy Clerk
Introduced by
Supervi ancy C. Fanden
istrict II