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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING THE RETIREMENT OF KAY WHITLOCK
WHEREAS, Kay Whitlock, PE, D.WRE, has dedicated fifty-six years of extraordinary service, visionary leadership, and engineering excellence to the field of water resources, stormwater management, and flood control across the nation; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Whitlock began her illustrious career with the State of Illinois from 1970 to 1988, serving as a Hydraulic Engineer and Chief of Engineering Studies, where she spent 18 years brilliantly administering the State's participation in cooperative flood control programs, leading urban flood control design, and coordinating landmark regional initiatives including The Lower Des Plaines River Tributaries Watershed Plan of 1985; and
WHEREAS, she then served as the Chief Stormwater Engineer for DuPage County from 1988 to 1990, where she successfully developed a multi-faceted Stormwater Management Plan and secured the adoption of the trailblazing Stormwater and Flood Plain Ordinance, establishing standard-setting regulations for floodplain management, wetlands protection, and erosion control; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Whitlock brought her immense talents to California from 1990 to 2000 as the Assistant General Manager and Flood Control Manager for the Santa Clara Valley Water District, where she skillfully managed Emergency Operations during major historic floods, championed a municipally supported clean and safe creeks tax measure generating $25 million annually, and negotiated massive, critical federal flood project agreements for Coyote Creek and the Guadalupe River totaling nearly $300 million; and
WHEREAS, in June 2001, Ms. Whitlock joined Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. (CBBEL) as Vice President, dedicating 25 years of masterful leadership to complex, multi-disciplinary water resource projects, including her monumental work managing hydrology, hydraulics, and permitting for the multi-decade O'Hare Modernization Program and subsequent airport terminal devel...
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