Proclamation

100th Anniversary Centennial Commemoration

WHEREAS, Sanitary District No.5 of Marin County is celebrating its 100th  Anniversary    as its “Century of, Collection, Conveyance, Treatment and Disposal,”  throughout 2022, after its founding in March 22,1922, by far-sighted area landowners and other citizens; and

WHEREAS, Sanitary District No.5 of Marin County provides service to some 8,400 residents in the City of Belvedere and the Town of Tiburon, east of Gilmartin Drive and some unincorporated properties in the Town of Tiburon; and

WHEREAS, Sanitary District No.5 of Marin County was founded as a  refuse collection company in 1922; and

WHEREAS, it evolved into a sanitary sewer, collection, conveyance, treatment and  disposal agency, completing construction of its main treatment plant in the late 1950’s; and,

WHEREAS, in 2005, SD5 merged with the sanitary services for the City of Belvedere; and

WHEREAS, a subsidiary treatment plant was built for Paradise Cove; and,

WHEREAS, the main treatment plant was upgraded and modernized in 2014; and,

WHEREAS, Sanitary District No.5 of Marin County has seen a great deal of growth and improvements in its 100 years of existence and looks forward to another 100 years of the same growth and improvement; and

WHEREAS, this 100th year anniversary is not possible without dedicated, hard working public servants in both staff and Board of Directors that have served the District in the past and present.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, Sanitary District, No.5 of Marin County does recognize and celebrate the 100th Anniversary and Centennial Commemoration of Sanitary District No. 5 of Marin County

 Serving the community for over 100 years