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Adoption of Resolution Recognizing Trish Herrera Spencer’s Four Years of Service on the Alameda City Council.
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CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. _____
RECOGNIZING TRISH HERRERA SPENCER ‘S FOUR YEARS OF SERVICE
ON THE ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL
WHEREAS, Trish Herrera Spencer grew up in South Gate, California and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and Western State University College of Law. Trish and her husband raised their four daughters in Alameda, and she is a long-time Alameda renter, proud U.S. Coast Guard Mom and proud grandmother; and
WHEREAS, Trish Herrera Spencer served on the Alameda City Council from 2020 to 2024, and as Mayor of Alameda from 2014 to 2018, becoming the first Hispanic Mayor and City Councilwoman in the City’s history; and
WHEREAS, Trish also served as an Alameda Unified School District Board Member from 2008 to 2014, PTA Council President, PTA member, Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Member, and Girl Scout Leader; and
WHEREAS, as a City Councilmember, Trish Herrera Spencer represented Alameda on the City of Alameda/East Bay Regional Parks District liaison committee and as Co-Chair of the Oakland Airport Noise Management Forum which was created to address community concerns regarding noise from Oakland International Airport; and
WHEREAS, City Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer joined her Council colleagues in prioritizing public safety, supporting a fully staffed Alameda Police Department (APD), and providing APD with effective technology, including license plate readers (LPRs) mounted on police cars and fixed LPRs at the City’s portals; and
WHEREAS, Trish also joined her Council colleagues who, in July 2021, voted unanimously to create the CARE Team (Community Assessment Response & Engagement), Alameda’s well-regarded alternative crisis intervention program; and
WHEREAS, during her time as an elected City official, Trish Herrera Spencer staunchly supported local organizations, including the Alameda Architectural Preservation Society, Alameda Boys and Girls Club, Alameda Island Poets, Alameda Legacy Home Tour, Alameda Museum, Alameda Naval Air Museum, Alameda Sister City Association, Bohol Circle, Boy Scouts, Building Futures, Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter, Friends of the Alameda Library, Island City Opera, Kiwanis, Mastick Senior Center, Meals on Wheels, Midway Shelter, Relay for Life, Rotary, Rythmix, and the Wild Oyster Project, and was a proponent of free public Wi-Fi throughout the City; and
WHEREAS, Trish always enjoyed participating in the annual Mayor’s 4th of July Parade and 5k benefit run for Midway Shelter that preceded the parade; and
WHEREAS, Trish Herrera Spencer spent countless hours listening to community members, helping to solve their problems, and working to make Alameda a wonderful place to live, work, and play, attend school, raise a family, run a business, and retire.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Alameda City Council and City staff thank Trish Herrera Spencer for her eight years of service on the Alameda City Council, including four years as Mayor, and wish her well in all her future endeavors.
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular meeting assembled on the 17th day of December 2024, by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this 18th day of December 2024.
Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda
Approved as to form:
Yibin Shen, City Attorney
City of Alameda