HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso. 2025-036 - Approve a Utility "Round Ups for Recreation" Progarm SOLIJTION NO. 2425-03G
A RESC7►LUTi{?N OF THE CITY C(3UNCIL QF THE CITY OF REDT3ING
A]PPROVIN+G A IUTIL�TY "ROUIYI�UP F4R I�E� ATIO�t" PR(JG M
WHEI2EAS, the City of Redding provides parks, trails, special purpase facilities and recreation
program opportunities ta its residents, and
WHEREAS, park� and recreation are vitally important to establishing and maintaining the
quality oflife in communities,ensuring the health c�f a11 citizens,and contributing to the econamic
and environmental we�l-being of a community and regic�n, and
WHEREA�, parks and natural reereatian areas ensure the ecologi�al beauty of the community
�nd prc�vide a place far children and adults ta connect with nature and recreate outdc�ors; and
WHEREA�, parks and recre�tion programs incr�ase a community's ecanomic prosperity
thraugh increased pra�erty values, expansiQn of the lc�cal tax base, increased tourism, the
attraction and retentic�n af businesses, and crime reductic�n;and
WHE AS, the City of Redding's park maintenance and recreatian pr�gramming a�e functions
c�f the City's constrained �eneral Fund;
W�EREAS, the City of Redding's utilities billing s�f'kware allows custamers to round their bill
up ta the nearest dollar for"round-up37 and direct donatit�n style programs, and
'4�HEREA�, the City c�f Redding seeks to erihance fi�riding fc�r park maintenanc� and recreation
programming tc� balster the afc�rementioned cammunity benefits;
NCJW, THEREFORE, �E IT �+C�►LVED THt�T THE �CITY CC)UN+CIL OF THE +CITY
C!F DDIN� HE B'Y APPR+C1�lES THE CREATIUN OF THE R+DUND UP Ft3R
C ATIC�}N PR�7►G M AI�1D:
l. Authorizes the Camrnunity Servi�es Departm�nt tc� acce�at small voluntary donations
ass�ciated with the``Round up fc�r Recreation"program;
2. Ensures participation in the prc�gram is�ptional; and
3: Directs all funding generated thraugh utility bill round ups or dir�ct donatians through
utility bills specified for the "Round up f�ar Recreation" program to be spent for park and
recreation purpases.
I HE BY CERTIFY that the foregoing resc�iution was intraduced and adopted �t a regular
meeting of the City Council af the City of Redding on the 2Qth day of May,2025,by the fvllowing
vote:
AYES. CQUNCIL 1VIEMI3ERS. -Audette,Dhanuka,Littau,Resner,and Munns
Nt}ES. COUNCIL ME ERS; -N�ne
ABSENT: �CIUNCIL M� ERS. -None
ABSTAIN: C(}UNCIL ME ER�d<-None
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