Resolution No. 5991RESOLUTION NO. 5991 277
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS,
RECOGNIZING THE SYLWANOWICZ FAMILY AS THE
2006 CYPRESS FAMILY OF THE YEAR
WHEREAS, the Cypress Family of the Year Committee has selected the
Sylwanowicz Family as the 2006 Cypress Family of the Year; and
WHEREAS, Paul and Maria Sylwanowicz, with extended family are to be
commended for their dedication to family and the example they are to the community; and
WHEREAS, Paul and Maria Sylwanowicz have four children, Jake, Kellie, Megan,
and Molly, and they are to be commended for their close family bonds, faith, mutual love,
honor, and respect for each other; and
WHEREAS, the Sylwanowicz's give their time generously to the community and
others by volunteering their time, efforts, and energy in a multitude of ways, including taking
meals to neighborhood families who are experiencing illness or need and sending cards and
congratulations to neighborhood children on big achievements; and
WHEREAS, the Sylwanowicz Family is very active in sports with all of the children
having played AYSO soccer and the girls playing softball, and now playing club soccer and
volleyball, and Maria running with her father and sister, as well as with Paul and the children
on occasion; and
WHEREAS, Paul and Maria Sylwanowicz have instilled a great work ethic for their
children, where in a day of gardeners and carwashes, they mow the yards and wash their
own cars; and
WHEREAS, the Sylwanowicz Family strengthens their family bond through many
traditions, including their annual camping vacation, massive Christmas decorating project,
lunch, a movie and a visit with Santa with their grandparents every December, celebrating
each birthday with a special dinner and carrot cake, a trip every fall to Oak Glen for apple
picking and a picnic, and taking the kids out to lunch for the first day of school; and
WHEREAS, the Sylwanowicz Family is exemplary in the love and patience they
express toward each other and the lessons they teach through simply living out their lives
with integrity.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that I, Lydia Sondhi, Mayor of the City of
Cypress, along with my fellow Council Members and the Cypress Family of the Year
Committee hereby commend and recognize the Sylwanowicz Family as the 2006 Cypress
Family of the Year.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress at a
regular meeting held on the 13th day of November, 2006.
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PHIL UEBB N, Mayor Pro Tem
FRANK / . McCOY, JR., Counci(Meftter
MI = McGILL, Coun Member
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ATTEST:
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS