Resolution 14758CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 14758
COMMENDING DOUG DEHAAN FOR EIGHT YEARS OF SERVICE TO
THE CITY OF ALAMEDA AS COUNCILMEMBER
WHEREAS, Doug deHaan is a native Alamedan who was raised in the West End
of Alameda and attended Encinal High School, where he met his wife, Gail; and
WHEREAS, upon graduating from high school, Doug deHaan was accepted into
an apprenticeship program at the Alameda Naval Air Station and served on the base for
over 36 years; and
WHEREAS, in the early 1990s, Doug deHaan served as the Base Retention
Chairman for the City of Alameda and later as the Base Reuse Chairman for the Base
Reuse and Advisory Group, which developed the Community Reuse Plan for the base's
conversion; and
WHEREAS, Doug deHaan, also diligently served on the Alameda Point Advisory
Committee; and
WHEREAS, Doug deHaan was appointed to the City's Economic Development
Commission on November 4, 1996 and served two years as Chair of the Commission;
and
WHEREAS, during his time on the Economic Development Commission, Doug
deHaan worked on the Webster Street Strategic Plan and the Citywide Retail Policy; and
WHEREAS, Doug deHaan was elected to the Alameda City Council on
November 2, 2004, assumed office on December 21, 2004, was re- elected on
November 4, 2008, and served until December 18, 2012; and
WHEREAS, Doug deHaan served as Alameda's Vice Mayor from December
2008 to December 2010; and
WHEREAS, Doug deHaan also served as the City's appointee to the Alameda
Point Restoration Advisory Board, which helps monitor the environmental restoration
and remediation process at Alameda Point; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Alameda does hereby express its sincere appreciation for Doug deHaan's many years of
service to the Alameda community.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Alameda does
hereby congratulate Doug deHaan on his many accomplishments as a member of the
City's Economic Development Commission and City Council and wish him well in his
future endeavors.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly
and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a
regular meeting assembled on the 18th day of December, 2012, by the following
vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers deHaan, Johnson, Tam and
Mayor Gilmore — 4.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal of said City this 19th day of December, 2012.
Lara Weisiger, City CI
City of Alameda