HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991 Resolution No. 034RESOWI'ICN NO. :ti
SERIES OF 1991
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A RESUn'IQI !Wmt:i lXK7l'lllC l\lDIDiS IUWlS HG.FHJCD' S CUl.'S'I7\lllIIC CITIZEN C:, 1991
WHEREAS, Dorothy Ranans has teen a devoted enployee, resident, and advocate of
many camiunity issues throughout her years in Englewood; and
WHERFAS, Dorothy Ranans is a native of Coloraoo, a disting uished gradlate of
South High School and attended the University of Coloraoo at Boulder; and
1-l!IERE.1\S, Dorothy Ranans has unselfishly devoted her many talents, tine and
efforts as a nerber of many organizations and boards: fran 1953 and several years
thereafter, she served as a netber of the Engle-..:,od School Board; in 1958 she served
as a l1B1tler of the Engle1100d lic:rre Rule 01arter Convention; also as a neitier of the
Doard for the Englewood's 1976 Centennial-Bicentennial Foundation through whose
funding efforts assisted in the oonst.ruction of the Malley Senior Recreation Center;
and in 1978 she also served on the Diancnd Jubilee camiittee; and
WHEREAS, Dorothy Ranans' can proodly state that she ha.~ never lost an election;
and
vl!IERE11S, Dorothy Rauan s career with the City of Englewood ccr.rrenced in 1961;
she served as Di.rector of Planning and Traffic Departrrent fran 1961-1970; she bec:ar:e
Assistant Director of Planning and Traffic Departrrent in 1970-1971; in 1971 she
becarre Assistant Di.rector of the Ccrrmunity Develc,.mmt Departnent; fran August 1975
until July of 1976 she served as Director of Cam!unity Developrent; ir1 1976-1980 she
served as Assistant Director of Camuni ty Develq;,rent; in 1980 she served as Acting
Director of Cattnunity Develq:r,ent; and she was designated Planning Aaninistrator
serving at this capacity until her retirement in 1991; and
WHEREAS, Dorothy Ranans was the staff liaison for 10 years en the Englewood
Board of Adjustnent and Appeals; she also served on the Englewood Planning and
Zoning camussion fran 1954 -1961; and
WHEREAS, Dorothy Ranans was the Director o f Planning for the City o f Englewood
during the pl anni ng and cons truction of Ci nderella City which q,ened in 1968 ; and
\·IHERF.;s, Dor othy Rcrnans i s a full rrenber of lhe .!\.s-erican Institute of Certified
Planners since 1974 ; and
\·IHERF.;s, Dorothy Ranans has de<!i.cate d many hours in organizing the Englewood
.>.nnual Holiday Parades ever since the first Englewood Parade in 1969 , for well over
21 years; an d
vl!IERE.1\S, Dorothy Ranan s' involvenent has earned her recognition a. an authentic
Englewood Hi storian and an i ovaluable resource person in every and all issues o f
City Goverment; and
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l'li~, she has devoted many tireless hours of service to the City of -
Engl"""""1 through her rrenbership on the South SUburban Metro Parks and Recreation
District; she was a JTl!IIOer of the Englewood LeOta Club; she was a IT'l!l!i:>er of
Engl""-"'Od' s Business and Prof.e s sional 1-1:iren' s Club and was THE BUSINESS AND
PROFESSiall\L l·Dl.l'.N OF 'lllE YEAR IN 1964; and
Wfil"'lEAS , Dorothy Ranans has devoted many long tireless hours as a volunteer in
our o::mnunity a few of which are being a Gray LadY at SWedish Medical Center, and a
Red Cross Volunteer during the Flood of 1965, along with rrany other activities which
are too nurrerous to r.ention; and
l·lllmEAS, Dorothy Ranans has rrany additional hidden talents which include being
the author of many poems which she has written for the Greater Engle,,,x,d a,ant,er of
camerce' which include "THE ~lCXJD OF THE llOOK"; and
IICH, THEREFCm:, BE lT RESOLVED B'i 'lllE CITY CXXN:IL CF THE CITY CF SG.nlCXlD,
COI.CIIAOO' TIIM':
IXHmlY .NDa!JiS I041\NS
lla.EJ«lCD'S ~DC CITIZl!N PCR 1991
l\DCPl'ID AND APP~1\FID this 2nd day of May, 1991.
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I, Patr"hia H. Cra.,, City Clerk for the City of?~l"""""1, Colorado, hereby
certif y the above i s a true copy of Resolution No • .1::1, series of 1991.
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