HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso. 2025-050 - July Parks and Recreation Month S{�LITTI(?N NO. 2425-050
A SOLUTI�N (3F THE CITY �t.�UNCIL OF THE CITY QF I�DING
DECLA NG JULY 20�5 AS PAI�KS AND► +C ATI�}N M01�1TH
WHE 'AS, parks and lecreation programs are an integral part of communities throughout this
cauntry, including in the City of R.edding; and
WHE AS,parks and recreation are vitally important to establishing and maintaii�ing the quality
of life in communities, ensuring the health of a11 citizens; and c�ntril�uting to the economic and
environrnental well-being of a community and region, and
WHE AS, p�rks and recreati€�n pro�rams build healthy, active cornmunities that aid in the
pxevention of chronic disease, prc�vide therapeutic recreation services for those whc� are mentally
or physically disabled, and alsc� im�rove the mental and emotional health flf all citizens; and
WHE AS,parks and recreation pragrams increase a community's economic prosperity through
increased property values, expansion of the local tax base, increased tourism, the attraction and
retention of business�s, and crime reductian; and
i�'HE - A�, parks and recreation areas are fundamental to the environinental we11-being of the
commun�ty; and
WHE AS, parks and natural recreation areas improve �vater quality, protect groundwater;
prevent flooding, improve t�e quality of the air residents breathe, prc�vide vegetative buffers to
development, and produce habitat for wildlife; and
WHE A�, parks and natural recr�ation areas ensure the ecolQgical beauty of the cc�mmunity
and pravide � place for children and adults t� connect witl�nature and recreate autdoors; and
WHE �S, the U.S. House of Representatives has designated July as �'arks and Recreation
Manth, and
WH� .r��, the City af Redding recognizes the benefits derived from parks and recreation
resourees;
NCD�V THE �+"�? , BE IT SOLVE that the City Council of the City af'Redding hereby
proclaims July 2025 as Parks and Re�reation Manth in the City of Redding.
I HEREBY CERTIF�' that the foregoing resalution was intraduced at a regular meeting of the
City Council of the City of Redding on the 15th day of July, 202�, and was duiy adapted at said
meeting by the following vote;
�YES: CQUN+CIL ME ERS:-Auclette,Dhanuka,Littau,Resner,Munns
NfI�ES. +COUNCIL ME ERS;-None
ABSEl�T; ��3UNCIL 1VI� ERS. -Non� ��'���`'�
ABSTAIN: COUNC:IL ElZS,-Non �
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JACK �` IIN May�or
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�HA ENE TIJPTON, ity Clerk CH STIAI�t M. CURTIS, C�ty Attorney