WHEREAS, during her eight years as Oakwood Mayor, Judy distinguished herself throughout the Miami Valley by actively participating in many regional events and efforts and served as a member of many regional organizations, to include the following:

• The Greater Dayton Mayors & Managers Association (serving as president from 2006 to 2008);
• The First Suburbs Consortium of Dayton (serving as Chair in 2009);
• The Montgomery County Human Services Levy Council;
• The Sinclair Community College Foundation Board; and
• The Montgomery County Homeless Solutions Policy Board; and

WHEREAS, Judy further distinguished herself by guiding the city through many challenging issues and special events, including the following highlights:

• Establishing the annual Oakwood/Kettering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration event;
• Chairing the 2008 Oakwood Centennial Committee, where she led a team of over 250 citizen volunteers to plan, organize and conduct the fabulous community celebration;
• Opening Hawthorn Hill to the public through extensive efforts and collaboration with the Wright Family Foundation, Carillon Park and the National Park Service; and
• Shepherding the development of the former NCR Sugar Camp Property into the Sugar Camp Professional Office Park and the Pointe Oakwood residential development; and

WHEREAS, Judy's efforts in service to her community have been recognized throughout the Greater Dayton region, resulting in her selection by the Dayton Daily News as one of the Top Ten Women in the Miami Valley (2005); by the Junior League of Dayton as a recipient of the Katherine Kennedy Brown Award for dedication and commitment to service (2016); and by the YWCA as a recipient of the Women of Influence award (2017); and

WHEREAS, in all of her volunteer service, Judy Cook has demonstrated an extreme commitment to fulfilling and exceeding the responsibilities of any task undertaken, and a never-ending drive to do what is best for the citizens of Oakwood and the Miami Valley; and

WHEREAS, Judy and her husband, Orval, lived on Schenck Avenue from 1982 until 2013, where they often took their young grandchildren to the (then undeveloped) corner park to enjoy a snack and watch the traffic go by; and

WHEREAS, through the private donations of numerous Oakwood residents, a grant from the Montgomery County Solid Waste District, and donations from the Oakwood Historical Society, the Moms Group of Oakwood, and the Oakwood Rotary Club, that same corner park has now been developed into a beautiful pocket park, with playground equipment to be enjoyed now and in the future by new generations of Oakwood children; and

WHEREAS, Council wishes to recognize Judy Cook's tireless service to the city, and finds that it is fitting and proper to name the park "Cook Park" and dedicate the same in Judy Cook's honor;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OAKWOOD, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO:

SECTION I. The Council of the City of Oakwood accords special recognition to Judy Cook for her decades of exemplary public service.

SECTION II. Through this resolution, Council hereby names and dedicates the public greenspace at the northeast corner of Schenck and Oakwood Avenues as "Cook Park," in honor of our friend and colleague, former Mayor Judy Cook.