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Agenda Item No. 4(B) RESOLUTION NO. 2014–XX RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL CERRITO INDUCTING TOM PANAS INTO THE EL CERRITO WALL OF FAME WHEREAS, Mr. Tom Panas has a long distinguished record of service to the El Cerrito community, volunteering his time in the community and is most known for his work in preserving El Cerrito’s history; and WHEREAS, Mr. Panas has been an active member of the El Cerrito Historical Society since 2000, helping to make it an active and engaged part of the community. He has served four terms as President of the Historical Society and is now serving his fifth term as Treasurer; and WHEREAS, Mr. Panas has worked diligently to ensure that properties and sites within the City of El Cerrito that have historic significance are recognized, including leading the Historical Society effort that qualified the Chung Mei Home campus for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, working with the Arts and Culture Commission to develop the San Pablo Avenue Historic Pavers, serving as a resource to the City on certain development projects including the former Rodini property and the former Contra Costa Florist site and working with others in the community to establish a seed library at the City’s Recycling and Environmental Resource Center; and WHEREAS, Mr. Panas’s work has included interviewing people across the county, recording images and documents, negotiating collection sharing agreements and conducting historical research to provide residents and surrounding communities with artifacts and documents that illustrate and interpret the City’s past, including El Cerrito’s historic Japanese-American neighborhoods and Italian-American neighborhoods; and WHEREAS, part of this research and collection has helped to make the El Cerrito Historical Society a renown primary repository in America of historical information regarding the Chung Mei Home and its successor institutions, the family and adobe of Victor Ramon Castro and the settlement of Rancho San Pablo, and the Japanese Nursery Community in West Contra Costa County; and WHEREAS, Mr. Panas also devotes time to the El Cerrito Library, serving as an active and dedicated member of the Friends of El Cerrito Library and is currently in his second term as a Contra Costa County Library Commissioner Alternate. Mr. Panas also volunteers his time during the annual El Cerrito Community Foundation’s Sundar Shadi Holiday display. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of El Cerrito hereby appoints Tom Panas to the El Cerrito Wall of Fame in recognition of his significant contributions and efforts in preserving the history of El Cerrito, educating the Community and making El Cerrito’s history come alive and available to the community. * * * * * ---PAGE BREAK--- Agenda Item No. 4(B) I CERTIFY that at a regular meeting on July 15, 2014 the City Council of the City of El Cerrito passed this Resolution by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: IN WITNESS of this action, I sign this document and affix the corporate seal of the City of El Cerrito on July 2014. Cheryl Morse, City Clerk APPROVED: Janet Abelson, Mayor