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RESOLUTION NO. 2006-214
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
3 CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE RENAMING OF
THE CARLSBAD COMMUNITY GARDEN THE 'CARLSBAD
4 HAROLD E. SMERDU COMMUNITY GARDEN'.
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6 WHEREAS, Harold E. Smerdu has been a resident of the City of Carlsbad since the age
7 of eleven and has raised his own family in the City of Carlsbad; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Smerdu became a small flower grower and volunteer fireman in the City
9 of Carlsbad; and
10 WHEREAS, Mr. Smerdu was one of the original supporters of the concept of Carlsbad's
Community Garden and once simultaneously leased seven individual plots; and
12 WHEREAS, Mr. Smerdu assisted other Community Gardeners and shared his bounty
with neighbors, friends, and the Carlsbad Senior Center for twenty-five years; and
WHEREAS, the renaming of the Community Garden after Mr. Smerdu is supported by
A C0 Community Gardeners and the City of Carlsbad Parks and Recreation Commission; and
1 fi WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to honor Harold E. Smerdu's twenty-five years of
17 support, interest, and participation in the Carlsbad Community Garden,
18 WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the criteria of City Council Policy #48, and
19 has determined the factors for renaming the Community Garden after Mr. Smerdu to be
20 consistent with those criteria, and
21 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad,
22 California, as follows:
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1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
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2. That the Carlsbad Community Garden is renamed the 'Carlsbad Harold E. Smerdu
25 Community Garden.'
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council
of the City of Carlsbad held on the 1 st day of August, 2006, by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members Lewis, Hall, Kulchin, Packard, Sigafoose
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
CLAUDE A LEWIS, Mayor
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"LORRAINE M.WOOT3, City Clerk
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