HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2018-060 - Park & Recreation Month RESOLUTION NO. 2018-060
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING
DECLARING JULY 2018 AS PARK AND RECREATION MONTH
WHEREAS parks and recreation programs are an integral part of communities
throughout this country, including in the City of Redding; and
WHEREAS our parks and recreation are vitally important to establishing and
maintaining the quality of life in our communities, ensuring the health of all citizens, and
contributing to the economic and environmental well-being of a community and region;
and
WHEREAS parks and recreation programs build healthy, active communities that aid in
the prevention of chronic disease, provide therapeutic recreation services for those who
are mentally or physically disabled, and also improve the mental and emotional health of
all citizens; and
WHEREAS parks and recreation programs increase a community's economic prosperity
through increased property values, expansion of the local tax base, increased tourism, the
attraction and retention of businesses, and crime reduction; and
WHEREAS parks and recreation areas are fundamental to the environmental well-being
of our community; and
WHEREAS parks and natural recreation areas improve water quality, protect
groundwater, prevent flooding, improve the quality of the air we breathe, provide
vegetative buffers to development, and produce habitat for wildlife; and C'
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WHEREAS our parks and natural recreation areas ensure the ecological beauty of our
community and provide a place for children and adults to connect with nature and G
recreate outdoors; and c
WHEREAS the U.S. House of Representatives has designated July as Parks and
Recreation Month; and
WHEREAS the City of Redding recognizes the benefits derived from parks and
recreation resources;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Redding
hereby proclaims that July 2018 is recognized as Park and Recreation Month in the City
of Redding.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced and adopted at a
regular meeting of the Redding City Council of the City of Redding on the 19th day of
June, 2018, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: McElvain, Weaver, Winter, and Schreder
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Sullivan
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
KRISTEN SC 'DER, Mayor
ATTEST: FORM APPROVED:
PAMELA MIZE, C .y Clerk BARRY E. I e ALT, City ttorney