Res 84-041RESOLUTION NO. 84-041
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF PO~AY, CALIFORNIA,
NAMING APREVIOUSLYUNNAMED
GEOGRAPHICAL SITE AS VAN DAM PEAK
IN ~DNOR 0F ~. &~RS. ~D VAN DAM
A~D RESCI~E)ING RESOLUTION NO. 83-60
WHEREAS, Mary Frank was born in 1890 and moved to Poway in 1893, 90 y~rs
ago; and
WHEREAS, after graduating from Escondido High School and San Diego Normal
School, Mary Frank taught school in San Diego County and Imperial Valley; and
WHEREAS, she met Ed 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 from 1933 to
1961, and Mrs. Van Dam taught school to two generations of Powegians; and
WHEREAS, Ed and M~ry Van Dam are an integral part of the history of Poway
and it is the desire of this City Council to name a previously unnamed pe~k in
their honor.
NOW THEREFORE, BF. IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Poway
that:
The pe~ak, whose crest is at elevation 1,038 feet, located north of
Poway Road, west of Pcmerado Road, in the north half of the southwest
cp~rter of Section 15, is hereby designated as Van Dam P~k.
2. The City Clerk is directed to cc~mmicate this action to the
appropriate County, State and Federal mapping agencies and to the
united States Board of Geographic Names.
3. ~.solution No. 83-60 is hereby rescinded.
PASSED, ADOPTED A~D APPROVED, by the City Council of the city of Poway,
California, at a regular ~cting thereof this 29th day of May, 1984.
Wahlsten,
Marjor~e K. city Clerk