HomeMy WebLinkAbout18372 - RESOLUTIONS - 4/20/1994 RESOLUTION NO. 18372
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING
THE CITY'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE
CALIFORNIA HEALTHY CITIES PROGRAM,
DESIGNATING STAFF TO COORDINATE THE
' PROGRAM EFFORTS, AND GIVING
DIRECTION TOWARDS THE CITY'S FIRST
HEALTHY CITY PROJECT
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Palm Springs,
California, has placed a high priority on improving the quality of
life for all the citizens of the City; and
WHEREAS, quality of life is largely influenced by the
physical, social, and economic conditions in the community and
therefor efforts to improve quality of life must be broad in scope
to include all aspects of the environment; and
WHEREAS, success will depend on coordinated efforts of the
public, private, and voluntary sectors; and
WHEREAS, the State Department of Health Service is the first
state health agency in the nation to spearhead an effort to improve
the health status of all Californians through an innovative public
health project entitled the California Healthy Cities Project,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the
City of Palm Springs, California, as follows:
Section 1: Supports the California Healthy Cities Program
as a means of gaining broad citizen
participation in collaborative problem solving
and consensus-based decision-making for the
development of new strategies and tools for
enhancement of the quality of life for the
citizens of the Palm Springs Community.
Section 2 : That the City will support a Palm Springs
Healthy City Project and hereby designates the
Director of the Department of Economic
Development as liaison between the City of
Palm Springs and the Palm Springs Healthy city
Project.
Section 3 : That the first project of the Palm Springs
Healthy City Project will be to gain community
consensus for a vision of health for Palm
Springs and key areas for redirecting the
future of health in Palm Springs.
ADOPTED this 20th day of April , 1994 .
AYES: Members Hodges, Lyons, Schlendorf and Mayor pro tem Reller-Spurgin
NOES: None
ABSENT: Mayor Maryanov
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