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3v mt�'T .mot <br /> i i3, 1,r 1fa r�i� <br /> co sorarara Pr sararararararaun <br /> " ) yr <br /> ^xi <br /> RESOLUTI ON NO.P - 2115 <br /> HONORING PORT COMMISSIONER <br /> LARRY AIKINS <br /> WHEREAS, LARRY AIKINS IS RELINQUISHING HIS DUTIES AS A REDWOOD CITY PORT <br /> COMMISSIONER AFTER HAVING GENEROUSLY DEDICATED 15 YEARS OF VALUABLE SERVICE TO THE CITY OF <br /> REDWOOD CITY BOARD OF PORT COMMISSIONERS; AND <br /> WHEREAS, HE HAS SERVED THREE ONE -YEAR TERMS AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF PORT <br /> COMMISSIONERS, PROVIDING COMMENDABLE LEADERSHIP AND VISION TO THE ORGANIZATION; AND <br /> WHEREAS, THE PORT OF REDWOOD CITY IS MANAGED LIKE A BUSINESS AND HIS DEVOTION TO <br /> IMPROVING THE PORT OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS HAS BEEN EXCEPTIONAL; AND <br /> WHEREAS, AS A KEY MEMBER OF THE PORT'S FINANCE COMMITTEE, LARRY CONTRIBUTED TO <br /> THE PORT'S FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE WHICH WAS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE UNITED <br /> STATES BY THE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION; AND <br /> WHEREAS, FOLLOWING THE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON, D.C., HE <br /> SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PORT SECURITY PLAN TO MEET REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERNATIONAL <br /> SHIPPING. As A RESULT OF HIS LEADERSHIP FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS WERE OBTAINED TO PROVIDE NEW <br /> PHYSICAL SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS AT THE PORT SUCH AS FENCING, GATES, GUARD STATIONS, LIGHTING <br /> AND MOBILE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT; AND <br /> WHEREAS, UNDER HIS STEWARDSHIP THE PORT OF REDWOOD CITY HAS PROSPERED, <br /> INCREASING ITS CARGO VOLUME FROM LESS THAN 150,000 METRIC TONS OF CARGO PER ANNUM TO MORE <br /> THAN 2,000,000 METRIC TONS PER ANNUM, AND INCREASING ITS ANNUAL OPERATING REVENUE FROM $1.6 <br /> MILLION TO ALMOST $6.0 MILLION; AND <br /> WHEREAS, HE HAS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS ACUMEN, <br /> LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION IN FULFILLING HIS RESPONSIBILITIES AS A PORT COMMISSIONER, AND HAS <br /> DONE SO WITH PERSISTENT PASSION AND CALM DIGNITY; AND <br /> THEREFORE, i.ET IT BE RESOLVED, THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF PORT <br /> COMMISSIONERS AND THE STAFF OF THE PORT OF REDWOOD CITY DO HEREBY EXTEND THEIR SINCERE <br /> APPRECIATION AND HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO COMMISSIONER LARRY AIKINS FOR HIS DECADES OF PUBLIC <br /> SERVICE TO THE PORT OF REDWOOD CITY AND THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY. <br /> FGULARLY PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF PORT COMMISSIONERS OF REDWOOD CITY, <br /> THIS / DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2010. <br /> RA A1 CHAIRMAN <br /> r RIC •y S.CLA, VICE CHAIRMAN <br /> \ L� /l�i <br /> RICH A. DO E, COMMISSIONER <br /> f <br /> 15 1 <br /> 11.Q.■ TOM CRONIN, COMMISSIONER <br /> r Ir Dr Ej ra IP Dr iiim PL ra r f PE Pr P r <br />