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RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF THE COUNTY OF BUTTE
HONORING LANCE TENNIS
WHEREAS, Lance Tennis is a founding member of the Board of Directors of
Western Canal Water District, and
WHEREAS, Lance Tennis has served on that Board since its inception in 1985; and
WHEREAS, Lance Tennis in his capacity as a member of the Board of Directors
of Western Canal Water District was instrumental in the acquisition of funding for a
siphon project beneath Butte Creek; and
WHEREAS, the Gary N. Brown Siphon project was completed in July 1998 and
has allowed for the removal of four dams on Butte Creek which opened up twenty miles
of unimpeded flow on Butte Creek; and
WHEREAS, these actions have helped to preserve and improve the Spring-Run
Chinook Salmon run on Butte Creek; and
WHEREAS, Lance Tennis is a past Board member of the Butte County Rice
Growers Association; and
WHEREAS, Lance Tennis is a past Board member of the California Rice
Growers Association; and
WHEREAS, Lance Tennis is a past Chairman of the California Rice Research
Board of Directors; and
WHEREAS, Lance Tennis is a past member of the Board of Directors of the
Butte County Farm Bureau; and
WHEREAS, Lance Tennis anal his wife Audrey were awarded the Farm City
Agricultural Service Award in 1999; and
WTTEREAS, Lance Tennis has served on the Butte County Water Commission
since December 1993; and
WHEREAS, in that capacity Lance "Tennis was instrumental in acquiring funding
for the Butte County Water Inventory/Analysis, and
WHEREAS, Lance Tennis has exhibited exceptional leadership skills and
professionalism in al! capacities of his life; and
WHEREAS, Lance Tennis has recently changed. focus in his service to
the public from agricultural and water activities to health care; and
WHEREAS, Lance Tennis currently serves as an Ex Officio member of the
Enloe Hospital. Board of 'T'rustees, and
WHF,REAS, with this transition in focus it is proper to recognize Lance 'T'ennis
for his public service related to agricultural and water issues within Butte County,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Butte hereby determine that Lance Tennis be recognized and honored for his
dedication and service to agriculture and other water-related issues in Butte County and
specifically for his sixteen year tenure on the Butte County Water Commission.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this
13th day of February 2007 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Connelly, Kirk, Josiassen, Yamaguchi and Chair Dolan
N(.)ES: None
ABSENT: None
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Jan Do an Chair of the
~ Butt County Board of Supe~•isors
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ATTEST: ~.,
Paul E. McIntosh
Chief Administrative Off cer
And Clerk of the Board
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