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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 8904 (Marianne Shaw Appreciation)RESOLUTION NO. 8904 CITY OF SAN RAFAEL PRESENTS THIS RESOUNION OF dPPRECIdTION TO MARIANNE SHAW WHEREAS, on November 19,1990, the City Council of the City of San Rafael appointed Marianne Shaw to serve as a member of the Hillside Residential Design Guidelines Advisory Committee; and WHEREAS, the Committee met for seven months and spent many hours discussing and formulating Guidelines which would protect the City of San Rafael's hillsides and ridgelines which provide a scenic backdrop for the City; and WHEREAS, the City Council adopted the Hillside Residential Design Guidelines on October 7,1991; and WHEREAS, the Northern Section of the California Chapter of the American Planning Association awarded the Guidelines the 1992 Outstanding Planning Implementation Award for a Small Jurisdiction in recognition of the Manual's high merit and noted that the Guidelines were comprehensive, user friendly, and could be easily adopted by other jurisdictions; and WHEREAS, the California Chapter of the American Planning Association awarded the Guidelines the 1992 Outstanding Planning Implementation Program Award for a Small Jurisdiction in recognition of the project's contribution to the planning profession; and WHEREAS, the American Planning Association awarded the Guidelines its 1993 Outstanding Planning Award for Planning Implementation in a Small Jurisdiction and recognized the work of the Advisory Committee in creating a document that gives design professionals flexibility while assuring residents that new development will be sensitive to views and the environment; and WHEREAS, the City of San Rafael wishes to acknowledge the conscientious manner in which the Hillside Residential Design Guidelines Advisory Committee performed its duty in formulating these nationally recognized Guidelines which protect environmental resources and provide architectural guidelines to prevent massive and out -of -scale hillside development and to thank Committee members for the many hours of public service spent on behalf of the City. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council, on the behalf of the residents of the City of San Rafael, hereby expresses its appreciation to Marianne Shaw for her outstanding service as a member of the Hillside Residential Design Guidelines Advisory Committee and the contributions she has made to establishing Hillside Residential Guidelines which will improve the quality of life for the current and future residents of San Rafael and which provide a national model for hillside development. MAYOR ATTESTED BY MY HAND THIS DAY OF COUNCIL MEMBERS CITY MANAGER CITY CLERK copy�2�6�