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RESOLUTION NO. 9903
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COMMENVING CLYVE W.10NGERBONE, FIRE CHIEF, UPON HIS RETIREMENT
WHEREAS, CLYVE W. LONGERBONE al~hough ~e~vIng a~ Fi~e Chie6 06 the City 06 Chula
Vi~ta Fi~e Vepa~tmen~ 60~ only a <>ho~~ pe~iod, ~inc.e JtLi_y 1, 1978, ha.6 in thai time 06 g~ea.t
c.hange in 6inanc.ial and pe~~onnel matte~~ p~oven hi~ ~ub~tantial leade~~hip abilitie~, and
WHEREAS, Chie6 LONGERBONE ha~ quietly and e66ec.tively met head-on the need<> 06 the
Chula Vi.6ta Fi~e Vepa~~ment and thu~ 06 the c.itizen.6 06 Chula Vi~ta, c.oping ~uc.c.e~~6ully with
the c.on<>t~aint~ 06 P~opo<>ition 13 and c.hanging attitude~ 06 6i~e pe~~onnel, a~ well a<> new
~ituation~ a~i<>ing in ~ela~ion<>hip<> with adjac.ent 6i~e p~otec.tion di~t~ic.t.6, and
WHEREAS, Chie6 LONGERBONE, who joined the Fi~e Vepa~~ment in 1952 a.6 a p~obationa~y
ho~eman, demon.6t~ated .6uc.h .6kill.6, hi.6 .6teady ~i.6e 06 p~omotion th~ough the ~ank.6, 6inally
imphe.6.6ing management and the Ci~y Counc.il with hi.6 c.apability 06 admini.6te~ing and di~ec.tIn9
a 6i~e depa~tment, and
WHEREAS, the ~e.6pec.t in whic.h he i.6 held not only made it pO.6.6ible to c.ontinue and
imp~ove the e66ec.tivene.6<> 06 the Chula Vi.6ta Fi~e Vepa~tment, to develop a ve~y .6uc.c.e.6.66ul
automa~ic. aid ag~eement with the Montgome~y Fi~e P~otec.tion Vi.6t~ic.t and the ~enewal unde~
mo~e mutually advantageou.6 te~m.6 06 the ag~eement with the Bonita-SunnY.6ide fi~e P~otec.tion
Vi~t~ic.t, a.6 well a.6 the c.~eation 06 an a~~itude be~ween all 06 the south Bay 6i~e p~otec.tion
agenc.ie.6 06 an eve~ imp~oved c.oope~ative ~elation.6hip whic.h he in.6tilled a~ Zone Coo~dinato~
to~ the 6ive 6i~e depa~tment.6 06 the South Bay Zone, and
WHEREAS, in addition to hi.6 du~ie.6 a.6 Fi~e Chie6, CLYVE ha.6 al.6o .6e~ved on the
Boa~d 06 t~e Ame~ic.an Red C~o.6.6 and ha.6 demon6~~a~ed a c.on6i6tent dedIc.ation to all the c.ivic.
e660~~6 06 the Chula Vi6ta c.ommunity.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVEV that the City Counc.il 06 the City 06 Chula Vi.6ta
doe<> he~eby c.ommend Chie6 CLYVE W. LONGERBONE on the oc.c.a6ion 06 hi.6 ~eti~ement a.6 Fi~e Chien
06 the Chula Vi~ta fI~e Vepa~tment and doe.6 he~eby exp~e.6~ thei~ thank~ and that 06 the enti~e
c.ommunity 60~ hI~ c.on6c.IentIou~ leade~~hip in a mo~t vital e660~t, the p~otec.tion 06 lI6e and
p~op~~.ty 6~om man<>' age old enemy, 6i~e.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVEV that the City Cle~k 06 the City 06 Chula Vi~ta be, and ~he
i.6 he~eby, autho~ized and di~ec.ted .to 60~wa~d a c.e~~i6ied c.opy 06 thi.6 ~e<>olu~ion to
CLYVE W. LONGERBONE.
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