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City of Palo Alto (ID # 6892)
City Council Staff Report
Report Type: Special Orders of the Day Meeting Date: 5/2/2016
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Summary Title: Proclamation Honoring Kathy Durham
Title: Proclamation of the City Council Honoring Kathy Durham
From: City Manager
Lead Department: City Clerk
Attachments:
Attachment A: Proclamation Honoring Kathy Durham (DOCX)
Proclamation
KATHY DURHAM
Whereas, Kathy Durham proposed endorsement of the 2005 National Safe Routes to School
Partnership Consensus Statement by the Palo Alto Council of Parent-Teacher Associations (PTA), City
Council and Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) Board of Education, which launched the Safe
Routes to School Partnership to “reduce risk to students en route to and from school and to encourage
more families to use alternatives to solo driving more often;” and
Whereas, Kathy Durham spearheaded PTA advocacy to urge the Palo Alto City Council to provide
bicycle safety education, laying the groundwork for the eventual Safe Routes to School Partnership; and
Whereas, as a volunteer and City employee, Kathy led the continual effort to find age-appropriate
bicycle safety curriculum that addressed the causes of the most common kinds of collisions, which became
the standard for middle school bike safety content across Santa Clara County; and
Whereas, Kathy Durham was a lead and contributing author of studies that led to school commute
safety improvements and to the Board of Education’s inclusion of safe bike and pedestrian access; and
Whereas, working with the PTA and PAUSD, Kathy Durham added Encouragement to the School
Traffic Safety Toolkit, promoting green transportation choices in the Fall and Spring at all PAUSD
schools; and
Whereas, Kathy Durham initiated the Pedestrian Safety Program for Kindergarten through second
grade, collaborated with the Police Chief on an annual parent education letter, coordinated adult bicycle
safety education classes and served on the organizing committee for Bike Palo Alto!, a community event
celebrating bicycling for all; and
Whereas, in recognition of her 27 years of service to Palo Alto, Kathy received the Bicycle Agency
Staff Person of the Year Award from the League of American Bicyclists and was the first recipient of this
award.
Now, Therefore, I, Patrick Burt, Mayor of the City of Palo Alto, on behalf of the
City Council do hereby proclaim appreciation to Kathy Durham for her service to Palo Alto’s children and
families.
Presented: May 2, 2016
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Patrick Burt
Mayor