AGENDA #1

 

A RESOLUTION HONORING JEAN BAKER STEWART BY THE CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL (2001-01-08/R-15)

 

WHEREAS Jean Baker Stewart is remembered and was loved throughout the Town as a member and president of the Chapel Hill Garden Club, a member and president of the North Carolina Wild Flower Preservation Society, a member of the Chapel Hill Appearance Commission, and as the most faithful volunteer in the history of the North Carolina Botanical Garden; and

 

WHEREAS Jean Stewart was respected and admired for initiating the planting of crape myrtles along Chapel Hill streets to make them more beautiful, for regularly attending and recording Chapel Hill Town Council and Town Planning Board meetings because she knew it was her responsibility and duty as a citizen to be always informed, for rescuing otherwise doomed local plants, for fighting litter, and for her leadership in revising the town’s development ordinance; and

 

WHEREAS Jean Stewart’s pleasant smile and happy laugh were her trademarks as she helped, often quietly and without acclaim, to observe, improve upon, and teach others about the natural beauty of Chapel Hill, Orange County, the Eno River, and the State of North Carolina; and

 

WHEREAS Jean Stewart’s legacy to us is the example she set of constantly striving for her personal governing law, the requirement of herself that she be completely prepared for any situation and to always work for the best solution and never for just a possible solution;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill that the Council celebrates the quiet, reassuring radiance of

 

JEAN BAKER STEWART

 

 And expresses sincere appreciation for her many contributions and her life.

 

This the 8th  day of January, 2001.

 

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Mayor Rosemary I. Waldorf

 

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Council Member Flicka Bateman                                              Mayor Pro Tem Lee Pavăo

 

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Council Member Joyce Brown                                      Council Member Bill Strom

 

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Council Member Pat Evans                                                       Council Member Jim Ward

 

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Council Member Kevin Foy                                                      Council Member Edith Wiggins