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RESOLUTION NO. #5� .y A Resolution in Support of Mayor Ed Hansen's Candidacy for Election to Vice President of the Association of Washington Cities (AWC) WHEREAS, as a result of statewide municipal election outcomes last November, the Association of Washington Cities (AWC) must select new Executive Committee officers for its Board of Directors; and WHEREAS, one of these officer positions involves the Vice Presidency of the AWC Board; and WHEREAS, the AWC Board, on which Everett Mayor Ed Hansen serves as a District 8 representative, is expected to discuss these officer positions at its meeting of December 11, 1997, in Sea-Tac; and WHEREAS, Mayor Hansen has ably served on the AWC Board and the Board's legislative committee for the last several years as well as serving on other AWC panels such as a Growth Management sounding board, ad hoc annexation committee, etc.; and WHEREAS, Mayor Hansen also has served in a number of regional leadership capacities, including his current positions as a Board member of both the Puget Sound Regional Council and the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (RTA); and WHEREAS, Mayor Hansen brings a number of state leadership positions and qualities to the fore, including a seat on behalf of cities on the State Land Use Study Commission, a seat representing cities on the House Government Administration Subcommittee on Local Government Financing, and an active record of participation on critical state issues such as transportation funding, water needs for growth, etc.; and WHEREAS, Mayor Hansen additionally brings federal expertise and stature to the AWC process, gained through previous work as a legislative assistant to the late Senator Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson, current standing as a municipal representative on a committee dealing with NAFTA issues, and knowledge gained through prior experience as attorney for the Snohomish County PUD and Port of Everett; and