Resolution No. 4759392
RESOLUTION NO. 4759
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS,
COMMENDING MR. DARRELL ESSEX ON BEING SELECTED AS THE
1997 CYPRESS COLLEGE AMERICANA AWARD "CITIZEN OF THE YEAR"
RECIPIENT FROM THE CITY OF CYPRESS.
WHEREAS, DARRELL ESSEX has been a Cypress resident for nearly
35 years, 34 years of which DARRELL served as City Manager for the
City of Cypress; and
WHEREAS, considered by his colleagues as the "Dean of City
Managers" because of his long tenure as City Manager in one City,
DARRELL has served as President of the Orange County City Managers
Association and the Western Governmental Research Association; and
WHEREAS, DARRELL served as Chairman for two years of the State
Advisory Panel on Government Response to Earthquake Prediction;
served as trainer at the Command College sponsored by the
California Commission for Police Officer Training and Standards,
and at the Western Governmental Research Association's
Administrative Management Leadership Institute; and
WHEREAS, DARRELL, a Charter member of the Cypress Rotary Club,
has served as its President and has actively participated in its
sponsorship of the Special Olympics and exchange students program;
has been a long -time member of the Boy Scouts of America; served on
the Boards of the Hotline of Southern California and the Horsemen's
Quarter Horse Racing Association Charity Foundation; and
WHEREAS, DARRELL was selected as the "1987 -88 Outstanding
Public Administrator in Orange County" by the American Society for
Public Administration, and was named by the Cypress Chamber of
Commerce as its "1983 -84 Citizen of the Year "; and
WHEREAS, DARRELL obtained his Bachelor and Master's degrees in
Public Administration from the University of Southern California,
and has shared his expertise in this field as an instructor at the
California State University, Long Beach and at Cypress College; and
WHEREAS, DARRELL ESSEX has been selected as the 1997 Americana
Award "Citizen of the Year" recipient from the City of Cypress by
the Cypress College Foundation; and
WHEREAS, the Cypress City Council is very proud to have a
citizen of DARRELL's caliber as a member of our community.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Cypress City Council
hereby COMMENDS and CONGRATULATES DARRELL ESSEX for being selected
by the Cypress College Foundation as the 1997 AMERICANA AWARD
"CITIZEN OF THE YEAR" recipient from the City of Cypress, and
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 10th day of February 1997.
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C OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
I LERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
I, LILLIAN M. HAINA, 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 10th day of
February 1997; by the following roll call votes:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Bowman, Jones, Keenan, Piercy
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None and Carroll
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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C Y CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS