HomeMy Public PortalAboutResolution - 02-26- 20020911 - Green Foothills 40th Anni RESOLUTION NO. 02-29
Resolution of the Board of Directors
of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Honoring the Committee for Green Foothills
Upon the Occasion of its 40"'Anniversary
WHEREAS,a great many momentous events occurred in the year 1959,when President Eisenhower
named Hawaii the 50th American state,the first Barbie doll was sold,the Soviet spacecraft Luna 2 became the first
manmade object to hit the moon, 13-year-old Dolly Parton released her first record, Elizabeth Taylor married for
the fourth time, and—perhaps most significant of all—a group of peninsula activists first organized to form what
would become the Committee for Green Foothills;and
WHEREAS,three years later, continued and increasing threats of development of the peninsula foothills
catalyzed these same concerned citizens to formalize their organization,electing Wallace Stegner as their first
president,dedicating themselves to the goals of land conservation, and embarking on their journey as determined
protectors of and committed advocates for the hills, forests, creeks, wetlands, habitats, animals, plants, and coastal
lands of the Peninsula; and
WHEREAS,in the ensuing years,through the tireless and single-minded work of its Board,staff,and
volunteers,the Committee for Green Foothills has been the premiere defender of open space on the peninsula,
working at all levels of the community from grass-roots organizing and neighborhood engagement,to legislative
development and high-level governmental advocacy;and
WHEREAS,the Board of Directors of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District recognizes the
crucial and remarkable role that the Committee for Green Foothills has played in land conservation,both in a singular
manner and as a partner to the many open space and parks agencies that now are active in the Bay Area;and
WHEREAS,as the Committee for Green Foothills celebrates the 40`h Anniversary of its formation,the
District Board reflects with great admiration and esteem upon the Committee's extraordinary accomplishments,from
preventing the damming of Pescadero Creek to the creation of the Palo Alto Baylands Preserve; from passage of San
Mateo County's "Charter for Parks"program to stopping a proposed subdivision west of Gilroy; from a successful
lawsuit over the Devil's Slide bypass to fostering the creation of Edgewood County Park;and of course from the
monumental effort to permanently preserve the District's Bear Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve to vital support
and action leading to voter approval of an expansion of the boundaries of the District to include the San Mateo County
coast.
NOW,T)iEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space
District does hereby honor and applaud the Committee for Green Foothills on the occasion of its 40'h Anniversary,and
offers not only its sincere congratulations and best wishes for the future,but also its deep gratitude and appreciation
for the Committee's remarkable four decades of effort,which has had fundamental,substantial,and enduring
significance to the people of the Bay Area.
Adopted by the Board of Directors
September 11,2002