Res 83-060RESOLUTION NO. 83-060
A RESOU3TION OF THE CITY fI/3NCIL
OF THE CITY OF POWAY, CAT.T~ORNIA,
NAMING A PREVIOUSLY UNNA_N~D
GEOGRAPHICAL SITE AS M~. VAN DAM
IN H]NOROF~R. &~S. ~DVANDAM
WHEREAS, M~ry Frank was born in 1890 and moved to Poway in 1893, 90 years
ago; and
WHEREAS, after graduating frc~ Escondido High School and San Diego Normal
School, Mary Frank taught school in San Diego County and Imperial Valley; and
WHEREAS, she met ~d Van Dam in 1917 in Imperial Valley, they married in 1919
and returned to Poway in 1921; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Van Dam served as County Superintendent of Roads frc~ 1933 to
1961, and Mrs. Van Dam taught school to two generations of Powegians; and
WHEREAS, ~d and Mary Van Dam are an integral part of the history of Poway
and it is the desire of this City Council to nan~ a previously unnamed peak in
their honor.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Poway
that:
1. The peak, whose crest is at elevation 1,038 feet, located north of
Poway Road, west of Pcmerado Road, in the north half of the southwest
quarter of Section 15, is hereby designated as Mt. Van Dam.
2. The City Clerk is directed to c~unicate this action to the
appropriate County, State and Federal mapping agencies and to the
United States Board of Geographic Names.
PASS~D, ADOPTED ASD APPROVED, by the City Council of the City of Poway,
California, at a regular meeting thereof this 9th day of August, 1983.
~rjor~e~. Wahlsten, City Clerk
Linda L. Oravec, Mayor