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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 11142006 - C.42 i 2 I I In Recognition of East Contra Costa RESOLUTION NO. 2006/703 HIV/A°IDS Task Force Worlds AIDS Day Candlelight Vigil And Health Fair Being On Delcember 1, 2006 I:. I I, WHEREAS, there have been more than 2,631 cases of AIDS and more than 1,629 AIDS-related deaths;!reported among Contra Costa residents:since.:the:.first.AIDS case was diagnosed in Contra Costa County in 1981; and .. II { II WHEREAS,for.every o le.person::diagn sod.,,w:'I h AIDS it is estuna_ted::tllat thele are two people who are HIV-positive•,and W. I ; II WHEREAS, a state'of.:emergency.in Contra Costa Couinty.was declared.for HIV/AIDS in 1999 to bring �I aware' ness::to the pandemic; and F. ...... . I I i ;:.WHEREAS, no cure for exists for. AIDS, and HIV education:and 'reveiitioi remain`the most effective means..of,lin-iting the impact of the epidemic and. :_.. .. �I WHEREAS,World AIDS Day emerged front the call by theWorld.SuinmitbfMihisters of Health on.P1•ograr ones for AIDS Prevention in 1988.to open ch6inels of communkc tion,.strength6h the exchange li of:iiiforination and experience;::and forge a spirit:of social tolerance; an li �I : . . 1e Office of Supervisor:FederalD.WH;REAS ;:Eie EastCount ;HIVAIDS Task Force; led.:bY:t1 : Glover;Lias organized'a I-lealtli Fair alid Cai dleliglit Vigil oii December..,1;.2006-to be held:.at die Pittsburg Health Clinic:i.n recognition of World AIDS Da ;`:and I I . . g Y .................. I - I . j W......HEREA...S, all partly 1palnts of the East .County;HIV/:.AIDS Task Force �vill';:provde 1lealth information and,services.offered to meiinbers of the pu 'llc,wi th a candlelight vigil being meld>iz memory and ii :honor of people living with or who have lost t1 eir.lives,.to''AIDS;: I� �I NOW; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED tlnat.ltlne Board.of Supeivisors.•of Contra Costa Count . ...... ...... ... does Thereby support the efforts of the East Countyl Hf AIDS: Task .Forceon the'``production of an outstanding effort to promote the decimation of information of World AIDS'Day.through'a health fair and II ... candlelight vigil on„Deceinnber L 2006:•:::.::.... I ... I. I \...... - I JOHN.GIOIA Clair'........ District I Supervisor ril / I� AYLE B. U1' KEMA Y N. PIEPHO Supervisor District II Su p i V� District lIl Supervisor ABSENT NLARK DeSAULNIER / FEDERAL D. GLOVER District 1V Supervisor District V Supervisor SEGO ... . * * I hereby certify that this is a tore and correct copy-of an action taken and a # entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisurs on the date shown: A'1TESTEU: November 14.2006 JOHN CULL,I N, Clerk of d,ie Bbard of tiupervisors and County , Administrator f ti osT.q COUP . Inlio' ll/ced by Supen)isor Gloi r, DiShid 1-17 I I