ADOPTED 2/28/12
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Introduced by Council Member Jones & Co-Sponsored by CM Carter,
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Crescimbeni & Schellenberg:
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RESOLUTION 2012-113-A
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A
RESOLUTION
COMMENDING
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LANIER ON HER OUTSTANDING SERVICE AS EXECUTIVE
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DIRECTOR
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COMMISSION
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RETIREMENT; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
OF
THE
UPON
AND
THANKING
JACKSONVILLE
THE
LINDA
CHILDREN’S
OCCASION
OF
HER
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WHEREAS, Linda Lanier was born in Great Britain, raised in
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Cincinnati,
Ohio,
and
received
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University of Cincinnati; and
her
bachelor’s
degree
from
the
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WHEREAS, after serving as a volunteer then an employee of
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Planned Parenthood in Cincinnati, Mrs. Lanier became the Executive
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Director of Planned Parenthood of Northeast Florida from 1991 to
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1997
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Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless, where she helped to transform
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the then still new facility and organization into the cornerstone
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of the public effort to deal with Jacksonville’s homeless issues by
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expanding
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necessities of food and shelter to the provision of a comprehensive
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range of services including health, dental and vision care, social
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service case management, psychiatric counseling, child care, and
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employment and housing services; and
before
taking
the
over
center’s
as
the Executive
mission
from
Director
provision
of
of
the
the
I.M.
basic
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WHEREAS, after six years running the Sulzbacher Center, Linda
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Lanier was selected by the Jacksonville Children’s Commission board
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to be the Commission’s Executive Director in 2003, a position she
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has filled with distinction for the past eight years and from which
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she has recently announced her retirement; and
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WHEREAS, as she did at the Sulzbacher Center, Linda Lanier has
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helped lead and guide the Children’s Commission to its place as the
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linchpin in the City’s multifaceted efforts to deal with the full
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range of issues that affect our city’s young people, from quality
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day
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intervention programs for at-risk children, and from summer camp
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opportunities to mentoring to literacy promotion, all of which she
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has done with vision, determination and integrity, safeguarding the
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public’s investment and leveraging local dollars into millions of
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dollars of state and federal grants and private giving to expand
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the City’s capacity to deal with the huge needs; and
care
facilities
to
after-school
programs
to
prevention
and
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Lanier is widely recognized in Jacksonville and
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throughout Florida for her expertise both in the areas of homeless
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issues and children’s issues, and at various times has served as a
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gubernatorial appointee to the Florida Commission on Homelessness,
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as
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Coalition, and as Chair of the Florida Afterschool Network, and in
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2003 was the winner of the Florida Times-Union’s EVE Award for
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Employment; and
Treasurer
of
the
city’s
Emergency
Services
and
Homeless
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WHEREAS, the City will greatly miss Linda Lanier’s tireless
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advocacy for the needs and interests of the most vulnerable members
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of our society, and wishes to thank her for her years of service
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and outstanding dedication to the causes she so fervently believes
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in; now therefore
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BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Jacksonville:
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Section 1.
Commendation.
The City of Jacksonville hereby
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commends and thanks Linda Lanier for her outstanding career of
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service to the City and its citizens as Executive Director of the
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Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless and most recently as Executive
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Director of the Jacksonville Children’s Commission, and wishes her
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the very best of health and happiness in her retirement.
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Mrs.
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Lanier’s countless contributions to ensuring a better life for tens
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of thousands of Jacksonville’s citizens are greatly appreciated and
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her
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greatly missed.
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Section 2.
thoughtful
leadership
and
passion
Effective Date.
for
her
causes
will
be
This Resolution shall become
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effective upon signature by the Mayor or upon becoming effective
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without the Mayor's signature.
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Form Approved:
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/s/ Margaret M. Sidman_______
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Office of General Counsel
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Legislation Prepared By:
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G:\SHARED\LEGIS.CC\2012\Res\Linda Lanier res.doc
Jeff Clements, City Council Research
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