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RESOLUTION NO. 348
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF TIBURON COMMENDING WAYNE MOODY FOR HIS
GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROGRESS AND GROWTH
OF THIS CITY DURING HIS INCUMBENCY AS ITS
PIRST PLANNING DIRECPOR~ MAKING HIM AN HONORARY
CITIZEN OF THE CITY OF TIBURON~ AND EXTENDING
THE CITY'S GOOD WISHES TO HIM AND HIS FAMILY
FOR THEIR HAPPINESS AND HIS CONPINUED
PROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENT.
WHEREAS: Wayne Moody~ Arehiteot and City Planner~ entered
upon his duties as the City of Tiburon's,first P~anning Director
on Nay S~ 1969~ and
WHEREAS: This position as a department head was also a
"fiz-st" fop Wayne Moody~ and
WHEREAS: In the coupss of the succeeding ~o yeaps both
the City~ - its offioials~ its staff and its eitiaens - and Wayne
Moody~ The Plannez-~ have gpown in an understanding of what the
planning process is and of its interaotion with the ~egis~ative
proeess as a part of the continual implementation of the preeepts
of our demoeratie sooiety; ~hieh understanding has been furthered
by his writing a weekly oolumn in the looal press~ and
WHEREAS: ' Because of his undepstanding of the real needs of
this oommunity~ he did not permit his own personal oommitment to
the aohievement of far goals to interfere with a reoognition of
the 'reality that these goals are attained only with the aohievement
'of a series of near obieotives~ and
WHEREAS: By virtue of the preoeding~ during his inoumbenoy: .
1) He organized and so struotured the Planning Depaptment
as to practioes and prooedures that a minimum of
dislooation ~i~l oocur in transition to a new
department head;
2) The City adopted a Do~nto~n Plan ~hioh had been in
prepapation and a state of fluz sinoe 1965;
3) The City adopted neoessary modifications to its Zoning
and Subdivision Ordinances which "kept the City's.
regulations current ~ith' the ever gro~ing recognition
of the role and responsibilities of Urban P~anning boti
to lead in~ and to ref~eot~ the sooial changes of our
time;
4) The City adopted a Master Trails Plan~ a Comppehensive
Sign Ordinance and a Master Plan for the redevelopment
of a pub~io housing ppoieot into a moderate income
development; began work towards the design of a ne~
highway not destruotive to the enviponment; initiated
both the open space-oonservation and housing elements
of its general pt..an~ and '
WHEREAS: In ~o~king ~ith the ~ommunity - its ~iti2ens~ its
PZanning Commission~ its Pa~ks & Re~reation Commission~ its City
Coun~il - Wayne Moody ~ame to be kno~n as a young man of great
energy and ability~ having both a delightful sense of humor and
g~eat sensitivity to the oon~erns of people~ ~illing to listen and
to Zea~n~ and~ above aZZ~ having the highest pe~sonal and p~o-
fessional integrity~
NOW~ THEREFORE~ BE IT RESOLVED that this City Counoil of
the City of Tiburon~ hereby e:presses to Way~e Moody ~hat is kno~s
to be the real feeling of the eommunity: that~ though it profoundly
~egrets his departure from the position of PZanning Dire~tor~ it
aZso reoogniaes his personal and professional att~ibutes are su~h
as to mandate his advanoement. Pherefo~e~ the City Counoil e:tends
to Wayne Moody its ~ishes for muoh suooess and happiness as he
begins a ne~ ohaZlenge in his ~areer~ and
BE IT PURTHER RESOLVED that Wayne Moody is he~eby made an
hono~ary oitiaen of the City and is ~a~mly invited to return
~heneve~ he is so inolined~ to visit ~here he and his family
lived and ~orked.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Counoil
of the City of Tiburon held on Maroh 22J 1971~ by the follo~ing
vo te :
AYES:
COUNCILMEN:
Beoker~ Ellin~ood~ FanningJ Sennett
NOES:
CO UNCILMEN:
None
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEN:
Rioe
ATTEST:
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