J1935-2011 Actions

• May 24, 2011: ADOPTED
• May 24, 2011: REPORTED TO CALENDAR FOR CONSIDERATION
• May 18, 2011: REFERRED TO FINANCE

J1935-2011 Text

 ATIVE  RESOLUTION  commending the Bay Ridge Community Council upon
 casion of its 60th Anniversary

 S, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize that  the
 y  and  character of life in the communities across New York State
 flective of the concerned and dedicated efforts  of  organizations
 ndividuals who distinguish themselves in service to their communi-
 d
 EAS, Attendant to such concern and fully in accord with its  long-
 ng  traditions,  this  Legislative Body is justly proud to commend
 y Ridge Community Council upon the occasion of its  60th  Anniver-
 to be celebrated at its 60th Annual Dinner Dance, to be held at El
  Country Club in Brooklyn on Thursday, June 9, 2011; and
 EAS,  The  Bay  Ridge  Community  Council was organized in 1951 to
 e the moral, social and economic welfare  of  the  people  of  Bay
  Dyker Heights and Fort Hamilton; each of its more than 100 member
 zations appoints delegates to represent them at the Council; and
 EAS,  Throughout the year the Bay Ridge Community Council sponsors
 vents and other activities; its Halloween Art  Contest  and  Track
 ield  Meet  were  introduced  in 1952; over the years other events
 ing the Community Picnic, Essay Contest, Photography Contest, Make
 erence Day and, most recently, in 2009, the Bay Ridge Night at the
 e's Game events have been introduced and enjoyed by many; and
 EAS, The Kassenbrock Brothers Memorial  Scholarship  Fund,  estab-
   in 1972, awards grants-in-aid to civic-minded college bound high
  seniors and grants to graduates of  elementary  and  intermediate
 s annually; awards, including the Morris Charney Science Award and
 ttie Charney Humanities Award are given annually as well; and
 EAS,  The  Bay Ridge Community Council has also held public forums
 h topics as Child Abuse, Apartment  Cooperative  Conversions,  the
 ork  City  Transit  System,  the  Gowanus  and Fifth Avenue Recon-
 ion Projects and Crime Prevention for Senior Citizens as  well  as
 on  year  debates for candidates for public office and forums open
  school board candidates in Community School District 20; and
 EAS, Health Fairs and Forums on such subjects as Drug and  Alcohol
   Skin  Cancer,  Hypertension,  Smoking,  Glaucoma, Mental Health,
 Domestic Violence, Catastrophic Health Insurance, Diets and  Diet-
 Health  Care Options, and West Nile Virus have also been conducted
 e similar forums on such environmental matters as  the  Owls  Head
  Treatment  Plant, Truck Route Management and the Community Impact
 ion Study; and
 EAS, Additionally, the Council has proudly sponsored the  planting
 re than 1,000 street trees, the Dyker Park clean-up of rodents and
 ns, Graffiti Clean Ups, and the "It's the law-Clean Up After  Your
 rogram; and
 EAS,  Equally  proudly,  the Bay Ridge Community Council considers
 ccessful campaign to save Fort Hamilton,  its  opposition  to  the
 uction  of Sunset Park Sludge Plant, its facilitation of the State
  Committee on Crime hearings in the community, and its  assistance
 e  establishment  of  the  Child Safe Program with the Alliance of
 Associations and the 68th Precinct to be among  its  many  signif-
 accomplishments; and
 EAS,  It  is  the  sense of this Legislative Body to recognize and
 d organizations such as the Bay Ridge Community Council which work
 t the needs of their community and its citizens with diligence and
 sionate commitment to improving the quality of life in the  commu-
 now, therefore, be it

 LVED,  That  this  Legislative  Body pause in its deliberations to
 d the Bay Ridge Community Council upon the occasion of  the  cele-
 n  of its 60th Anniversary at its 60th Annual Dinner Dance on June
 1; and be it further
 LVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
 d to the Bay Ridge Community Council.