Resolution No. 278214
RESOLUTION NO. 2782
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
COMMENDING MR. A. E. "PAT" ARNOLD UPON HIS RETIREMENT
AS A MEMBER OF THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
WHEREAS, Mr. A. E. "Pat" Arnold was born in Perris,
California and relocated to the area now known as Cypress in
1912; and
WHEREAS, in 1923, Mr. Arnold organized the effort to
establish the community's first volunteer fire department and
served as the department's first Fire Chief, serving in that
capacity for over 50 years; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Arnold was a member of the first City Council
when the City was incorporated in 1956 and served a four year
term; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Arnold has served on the Orange County Board
of Education for 28 years since 1956 and has served as
President of the Board for nine (9) one-year terms; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Arnold was appointed to the Cypress Park Board
in 1967 and served as the General Manager of the Cypress
Recreation and Park District until 1971; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Arnold was elected to the Cypress Elementary
School District's Board of Trustees and served eleven (11)
years in that capacity; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Arnold was appointed to the Cypress Civic
Center Corporation in 1965 and has served as the President of
the Board of Directors continuously since that time; and
WHEREAS, in appreciation of his dedicated service to the
community, an elementary school and park in Cypress have been
named in honor of Mr. Arnold; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Arnold has served on both the Orange County
Grand Jury and the Federal Grand Jury, in addition to serving
ten (10) years on the Orange County Planning Commission and
seven (7) years on the County Juvenile Justice Commission; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Arnold has also been on the Executive Boards
of the Orange County Chapter of the American Red Cross, GEMCO
National Scholarship Foundation and Chapman College; and
WHEREAS, the City of Cypress is very fortunate to have such
a citizen of Mr. Arnold's caliber residing in the community.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the
City of Cypress does hereby commend MR. A. E. "PAT" ARNOLD upon
his retirement from the Orange County Board of Education and
for his service and dedication to the people of Orange County
and, further, extends sincere Best Wishes for the future.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Cypress at a regular meeting held on the 14th day of May 1984.
RICHARD PARTIN, Mayor
JOE([ KANEL, Mayor Pro -tem
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CITY CLERK
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular
meeting of the said City Council held on the 14th day of May 1984;
by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Coronado, Kanel, Lacayo, Mullen,
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None and Partin
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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CITY CLERK F THE TY OF CYPRESS