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KEN SEYDEL (AND FRIENDS OF EDGEWOOD) RECEIVE AWARD

By Kathy Korbholz

Supervisor and Board President Rich Gordon congratulates Ken

At the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors meeting on April 18th 2000, Ken Seydel and the Friends of Edgewood were recognized for their participation in the California Department of Transportation’s Adopt-A-Highway Program. Mary Burns, Director of the Parks and Recreation Division, introduced Walter Cox and Herman Ramirez of CalTrans who presented Ken and the Friends of Edgewood with one of three (out of more than 800 groups!) statewide Volunteer of the Year awards.

In part the award reads: “Presented in recognition of your group’s civic pride and unselfish spirit. Although few people are aware of the hard work necessary to maintain a roadside, everyone appreciates an attractive highway. Therefore, on behalf of California’s traveling public, the California Department of Transportation Adopt-A-Highway Program wishes to thank each member of your group for the countless hours donated to help beautify the great State of California.”

Then, Ken and the Friends of Edgewood were honored with a resolution passed by the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors. The resolution, which outlined Ken’s ten-year participation in the program read:

WHEREAS, Mr. Ken Seydel and the Friends of Edgewood Park and Preserve from the County of San Mateo are one of the three groups selected for their exemplary community service while participating in the CalTrans Adopt -A-Highway Program; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Ken Seydel and the Friends of Edgewood Park and Preserve were selected from over 800 active Adopt-A-Highway groups and organizations to receive one of three CalTrans District 4 Adopt-A-Highway Volunteer of the Year Awards; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Ken Seydel has participated in the CalTrans Adopt-A-Highway Program since 1990, and has over the years enlisted the support of the Friends of Edgewood Park and Preserve in a litter removal project on a section of State Route 280 in San Mateo County; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Ken Seydel and the Friends of Edgewood Park and Preserve are doing a community service that directly affects the appearance of their county for those who live in and visit it, and

WHEREAS, Mr. Ken Seydel and the Fiends of Edgewood Park and Preserve have set an exemplary example of what community effort can accomplish as they partner with CalTrans in the Adopt-Highway Program,

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that this Board of Supervisors does hereby honor and recognize Mr. Ken Seydel and the Friends of Edgewood Park and Preserve for their exemplary community service and their selection as recipients of the CalTrans District 4 Adopt-A-Highway Volunteer of the Year Award.

Dated: March 14, 2000 `


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