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Report Type: Special Orders of the Day Meeting Date: 12/11/2017
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Summary Title: Annette Glanckopf Proclamation
Title: Proclamation Honoring Annette Glanckopf
From: City Manager
Lead Department: City Clerk
Attachments:
Attachment A: Proclamation Honoring Annette Glanckopf
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Proclamation
Honoring Annette Glanckopf
WHEREAS, Annette Glanckopf is recognized for her twenty plus years of full-time volunteer
work and generous service to the City of Palo Alto and the surrounding community; and
WHEREAS, Annette is the co-founder of Palo Alto Neighborhoods (PAN) where she heads the
PAN Emergency Preparedness Committee, which has now trained hundreds of citizen volunteer
Neighborhood and Block Preparedness Coordinators; and
WHEREAS, Annette has been instrumental in integrating various emergency services teams and
bringing awareness of emergency preparedness to other community based organizations, faith based
organizations, businesses and schools, as well as teaching multiple training courses and conducting
preparedness drills several times a year; and
WHEREAS, Annette helped form the Palo Alto/Stanford Citizen Corps Council, served on its
Steering Committee, and co-chaired the Safety Fair Committee; and
WHEREAS, Annette is also the co-founder, past Chair and current Chair of the Midtown
Residents Association, where she started and maintains the first neighborhood e-newsletter, led the
efforts to bring public art to Midtown, and played an integral role in the implementation of park
improvements in the Midtown community; and
WHEREAS, Annette has served on many other influential organizations such as the Peninsula
Stroke Association, Leadership Palo Alto, Alumni Association of Leadership Mid-Peninsula, Santa
Clara County EMS Agency, AchieveKids, American Heart Association-Palo Alto Chapter, Palo Alto
Rotary Club, and the Women’s Club; and
WHEREAS, Annette’s greatest strength is her ability to listen to and include all stakeholders and
points of view and to make everyone feel their opinion is valued. Annette is a very kind and thoughtful
person and her generosity is greatly appreciated.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, H. Gregory Scharff, Mayor of the City of Palo Alto, on behalf of the
City Council do hereby honor Annette Glanckopf for her contributions to the City of Palo Alto and
extend our sincerest thanks for her hard work in ensuring our community is a safe and exceptional place
to live.
Presented: December 11, 2017
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H. Gregory Scharff
Mayor