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Honoring John Reed
WHEREAS: John Reed dedicated a couple of decades to the City of Edmonds volunteering
in various roles, and providing opinions about retaining citizens' voices to
promote a livable and community -oriented City; and
WHEREAS: John Reed was an advocate for retaining Edmonds small-town, lower building
height atmosphere, and promoted that ideal through his position as President
of the Alliance for Citizen of Edmonds (ACE), a position he held for 13 years and
which he received recognition for earlier this year; and
WHEREAS: John Reed served for close to a decade on the City of Edmonds Planning Board
and dedicated his time to helping shape many policies regarding height
restrictions in the downtown area and was adamant about keeping the quasi-
judicial process which kept the voice of citizens local to their government; and
WHEREAS: John Reed helped people unfamiliar with City codes and ordinances understand
complex City issues; and
WHEREAS: John Reed also was instrumental in shaping the City of Edmonds Housing
Commission; and
WHEREAS: John Reed succumbed to COVID- 19 on March 29, 2020 and will be greatly missed
by many;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Michael Nelson, Mayor of Edmonds, along with the Edmonds City Council, do
hereby thank the Family of John Reed for his help and hard work in shaping Edmonds and proclaim
August 4t" as John Reed Day in Edmonds
and ask all Edmonds citizens to show their appreciation for John's endeavors on behalf of the
Edmonds community with a moment of silence.
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ichael Nelson, Mayor I August 4, 2020