Explanation
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To recognize and to express appreciation for the contributions of Barnett "Barney" Golding to the City of Columbus, and to honor his life-long commitment to the Clintonville community.
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WHEREAS, Barnett "Barney" Golding is a life-long citizen of the City of Columbus, residing as a young man on Clinton Heights Avenue, graduating from North High School, and for the last 50 years, living with his beautiful wife Lois on Richards Road in Clintonville; and
WHEREAS, Barney served for nearly 40 years with the local engineering firm Burgess & Niple and contributed to the development of a variety of city projects, including obtaining land rights for the construction of Hoover Dam; and
WHEREAS, Barney has been an active civic leader in the Clintonville community and beyond, including service on numerous Clintonville Area Commission committees, for the better part of the past 30 years; and
WHEREAS, Barney and his wife are history enthusiasts and Barney has been described as the "definition of institutional memory" and "the storehouse of information about the city and Clintonville" and both he and his wife are active in the Columbus Natural History Society; and
WHEREAS, Barney Golding is in no way leaving the Clintonville community, but after many years of public service and volunteerism, Barney is "retiring" from active civic leadership; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this Council does hereby recognize and express appreciation for the contributions of Barney Golding to the City of Columbus, and that we do hereby honor his life-long commitment to the Clintonville community.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this Resolution be presented to Barney Golding with our esteem.