HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2020-068 - Declaring July 2020 as Parks and Recreation Month RESOLUTION NO. 2020-068
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
REDDING DECLARING JULY 2020 AS PARKS 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 parks and recreation are vitally important to establishing and maintaining
the quality of life in 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 the community; and
WHEREAS parks and natural recreation areas improve water quality, protect
groundwater, prevent flooding, improve the quality of the air residents breathe, provide
vegetative buffers to development, and produce habitat for wildlife; and
WHEREAS parks and natural recreation areas ensure the ecological beauty of the
community and provide a place for children and adults to connect with nature and
recreate outdoors; and
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 July 2020 as Parks and Recreation Month in the City of Redding.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of
the City Council of the City of Redding on the 16th day of June, 2020, and was duly adopted at
said meeting by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Dacquisto,Resner, Schreder,Winter,and McElwain
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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ADAM McELVAIN, Mayor
ATTEST: FORM APPROVED:
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,W AMELA MIZE, City Clerk BARRY E. DeWALT, City Attorney