Resolution 14631CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO.14631
PROCLAIMING THAT ANY OPEN SPACE EVENTUALLY CREATED FROM
THE ALAMEDA BELT LINE PROPERTY BE NAMED THE "JEAN SWEENEY
OPEN SPACE PRESERVE" AND NAMING NOVEMBER 1, 2011, AS JEAN
SWEENEY DAY IN THE CITY OF ALAMEDA
WHEREAS, Jean Sweeney moved to Alameda with her husband Jim and
their two daughters in 1972; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Sweeney has been actively engaged in Alameda's civic
life through her participation in the Alameda Rotary, BikeAlameda, the Humane
Society of Alameda, and the Alameda Community Fund; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Sweeney has served on the Restoration Advisory Board
since 2002 where she has helped oversee the toxic cleanup at both the Fleet
Industrial Supply Center and the former Naval Air Station; and
WHEREAS, in 2007, Ms. Sweeney was successful in getting the Alameda
Veterans Memorial Building listed on the National Register of Historic Places;
and
WHEREAS, Ms. Sweeney served as a member of the City's Northern
Waterfront Committee, which wrote the guidelines that are now part of the
Alameda General Plan, and was also a member of the Webster Renaissance
Project Committee, which created the streetscape plan from Central to Pacific
Avenues; and
WHEREAS, thanks to Ms. Sweeney's due diligence, perseverance, and
strong research skills, the City was able to prevail before the California Court of
Appeals in a case against the Alameda Belt Line Railroad; as a result, the City
was able to purchase the property for just $966,027 and ensure its preservation
for all Alamedans.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City
of Alameda directs that any open space eventually created from the Alameda
Belt Line property be named the "Jean Sweeney Open Space Preserve ".
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
Alameda proclaims November 1, 2011, as Jean Sweeney Day in the City of
Alameda in celebration of Ms. Sweeney's important contributions to Alameda.
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 1st day of November, 2011, by the following
vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Bonta, deHaan, Johnson, Tarn and
Mayor Gilmore — 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal of said City this 2nd day of November, 2011.
Lara Weisiger, City
City of Alameda