Resolution 08176CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 8176
RESOLUTION OF TRE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA IN MEMORIAM
TO THE HONORABLE LELAND W. SWEENEY
WITH PROFOUND SCREW, the Council of the City of Alameda records the death of one of its
former, and most dedicated public officials, LELAND W. alENEY, whose death has greatly saddened his
many friends and whose affable personality will. be sorely missed.
WHEREAS, Supervisor Sweeney began his public service upon his election ae a Councilman
on March 13, 1945, and had executed his Oath of Office on April 17, 1945; and
WHEREAS, Supervisor Sweeney served in this position for almost ten years, having been
re—elected at succeeding General Municipal Elections, and during this period was selected by his
fellowCouioilmen to serve as Mayor from April 21, 1953 until December 31, 1954, when he resigned
from the City Council after being elected to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, from which
office he was forced by ill health to submit his resignation in 1970; and
.Lee,, as he wee affectionately known, was most well known for and instrumental
in working toward the construction of the Webster Street Tube and the replacement of the Fruitvale
Bridge with a new four—lane, span, which had recently been officially dedicated as the qMiller—Sweeney
Pridgen.
MOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City cf Alameda, in recognition
of his service and his desire to promote the development of the City and County of Alameda to the
advantage of its people, hereby expresses its sense of personal loss and its gratitude for the
faithful representation cf the citizens cf the community by this fine man.
85 IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution be spread in full upon the minutes cf this
meeting and a copy thereof be sent to the family cf Supervisor Sweeney in order to convey to its
members sincere sympathy in their bereavement.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that when this meeting of the Council of the City of Alameda
adjourns, it shall do so in respect to the memory of TIE HONORABLE LELAND W. vIEEN, SWEENEY.
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly
introduced and adopted by the Council. of the City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the
19th day of March, 1974, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Beckam, Corica, Hurwitz, McCall and
President La Croix, jr., (5).
NOES: None,
ABSENT: None,
WITNIZO LTERECF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said
City this 20th day of March, 1974.
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ETHEL M. 8333
City Clerk of the City of Alameda
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of ',City of Alameda
Resolution No. 8176, RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA IN MEMORIAM TO THE PONCRABLE
LELAND W. 0445311!!', introduced and adopted by the Council of the City of Alameda on the 19th day
of Parch, 1974.
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