Resolution 14264CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION No.14264
COMMENDING AUDREY LORD - HAUSMAN
FOR HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ALAMEDA COMMUNITY
WHEREAS, Audrey Lord - Hausman's career with the City of Alameda
began in August, 2000, after a 30 -year career in the private sector; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Lord - Hausman serves as Chair of the Mayor's
Commission on Disability Issues; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Lord - Hausman serves as Administrative Coordinator for
the Alameda Collaborative for Children, Youth & Families, an organization co-
chaired by Mayor Johnson, Supervisor Alice Lai - Bitker, and Board of Education
Trustee Janet Gibson; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Lord - Hausman has made significant contributions to
Alameda youth, introducing and implementing the following programs: the City's
first Youth Advisory Commission; Youth Yellow Pages; the teen magazine "Out
Loud — Thoughts of a Teenage Mind;" "In the Mix," a conference for mixed -race
youth and families; Alameda Teen Action Council; and Season for Nonviolence
Middle and High School Speech Contest; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Lord - Hausman was instrumental in developing and
maintaining various community programs, including Pedestrian Friendly Alameda,
a pedestrian safety advocacy group; Walk & Roll to School Day, an event to
encourage walking and bicycling to school; the "Keep Kids Alive. Drive 25"
campaign in Alameda; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Lord - Hausman has been recognized and awarded for her
tireless efforts, including receiving the City of Alameda Heroes Community Service
Award in 2005, the Alameda Chamber of Commerce Community Service Person
of the Year Award in 2006, and the City of Alameda Heroes Community Service
Award for the Collaborative for Children, Youth & Families in 2008; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Lord - Hausman will officially retire from her position as
Administrative Coordinator for the Alameda Collaborative for Children, Youth &
Families on September 12, 2008.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Alameda does hereby congratulate Ms. Lord - Hausman for her outstanding
achievement in her service to the City and community of Alameda, especially its
youth and families.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and
regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda during the Regular
Meeting of the City Council on the 2nd day of September, 2008, by the following vote to
wit:
AYES: Councilmembers deHaan, Gilmore, Matarrese, Tam
and Mayor Johnson - 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of
said City this3rd'clay of September, 2008.
Lara Weisiger, City C
City of Alameda