HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 06231987 - 87-373 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Congratulating )
Tom Cleveland ) Resolution No. : 87/373
Lafayette Citizen of the Year )
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WHEREAS Tom Cleveland has been named Lafayette' s thirty-
eighth Citizen of the Year; and
WHEREAS Tom Cleveland and his wife, Joan, have resided in
Lafayette for seventeen years and raised their children,
Linda and David, there; and
WHEREAS Tom Cleveland plunged into Lafayette civic groups
such as the happy Valley Homeowners Association and the
Lafayette Improvement Association; and
WHEREAS Tom Cleveland proposed, planned and saw to
completion zoning of Lafayette' s downtown and Mt. Diablo
Boulevard areas that clustered necessary services and
businesses in logical groupings in each part of town; and
WHEREAS Tom Cleveland traded his slide rule for majority
rule in 1980 when he was elected to the Lafayette City
Council as mayor; and
WHEREAS Tom Cleveland brought enough attention to his town' s
wish to retain the Theater that a successful operator
stepped in, restored it and now its marquee glows every
night reminding all who see it that important public places
can indeed be preserved and functional.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors
of the County of Contra Costa, California, hereby
CONGRATULATES Tom Cleveland on his selection as Lafayette
Citizen of the Year, COMMENDS his creative and thoughtful
efforts as an elected and appointed official and LAUDS his
vision and determination that Lafayette should realize its
goal of acquiring its own community center, a goal he was
instrumental in achieving.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board EXTENDS to Tom
Cleveland its best wishes for further personal and civic
success.
Passed and adopted on June 23, 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 and and the seal of
the Board of Supervisors affixed
this twenty-third day of June,
1987 .
Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors and County
Administrator.
By Deputy Clerk
Introduced by:
Nancy C. anden, Supervisor
D' rict II