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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso. 1979 - 246 - Supporting S.B. 547 • • • • RESOLUTION NO. -7//- 1//46 • A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE 'CITY OF REDDING SUPPORTING S.B. 547 , THE PARKLANDS AND RENEWABLE RESOURCES INVESTMENT BOND ISSUE. WHEREAS, parks and recreation programs vastly .enhance the urban environment, . and WHEREAS , leisure and open space in both urban and • - rural areas are a necessity to life because they have a sub- stantial effect on mental and physical health, economic pro- • • • ductivity, and social problems , and• • • WHEREAS, recreation programs can particularly aid in improving problems with juvenile delinquency and senior • citizens in transition, and "WHEREAS, S.B. 547 would place before . the voters of California a measure to provide funding for acquisition and • development of parks, recreation programs, conservation of natural resources , and access to popular recreation areas , and • WHEREAS, the proposed parklands program will make available additional recreation areas in and near population • ;c'enters,; ,particula;rl.y important as transportation and fuel become •more expensiye,,•-and ' WHEREAS ,' enhancement of .parks and other natural • • r;esto.urces ;will have a :direct economic benefit to our community and the state as a whole, and moreover will benefit the health • and well of many Californians, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT :RESOLVED that the City Council • of the City of Redding supports the passage of S. B. 547 , the Parklands and Renewable Resources Investment Bond Issue. . BE IT FURTHER" RESOLVED that a- copy of this Resolution • shall 11'0 sent by the City Clerk to each member of the Assembly . -1- • • Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife; each member of the • Ways and Means, Committee; each of our area' s representatives in/the• State ,Assembly- and Senate, and the Governor of the State of California. nI HEREBY ',CERTIFY ,that the foregoing Resolution was introduced, and read at a regular meeting of the City Council • of the City of Redding on the 3rd day of December , 1979 , and was duly adopted at said meeting by the following vote: AYES : COUNCILMEN: Gard, Kirkpatrick; Pugh, and Fulton • NOES : COUNCILMEN: None : ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: Demsher • ATTEST: �( =LEE' D..' 'FULTON; M� D. +J .�f1,/ % / .,,_,,,.L• ,, Vrice-Mayor of':the Cityo"fi:Redding - MILDRED rL: BRAYTON), City) Clerk FORM--.APPROVED RL D. P4URPHY, ity Attdrney • • • • • • • • • -2-