HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011969 - 69-517 n-T THE BOAM OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTYo STATE 4F CALIFORNIA
In the Hatter of Endorsing J
Request of the Physically }
Handicapped, for Modification on REsoLUTION No. 69/517
of Oakland-Alameda County
Coliseum Complex*:'
WHEREAS for many years, individuals and: organizations
Interested in the welfare of the physically handicapped have
worked toward the elimination of barriers which militate
against attempts of the handicapped to participate in: the full
range of human activities , and
WHEREAS in 1958 the Congress of the United States and:
the Legislature of the state of California enacted;,;legislation
requiring that access be 'provi.ded. >the handicapped to public
facilities thereafter constructed; and
WHEREAS the right to use and fully ;OnJOY public recre-
ati: nal facilities is Important to all elements of society 'and
is particularly 'so to the physically handicapped;
NOW, THEREFOREt BE 1T BY TEE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF
CONTRA COSTA' COUNT", 'CABIFOMUA RESOLVED that it hereby
supports' and endorses the attempts of the physiaal.ly Nandi-
capped. to obtain' physical modifications within'' the Oakland-
Alameda County Coliseum Complex which 'wi.l.l. permit them: the
same full use and enjoyment of these facilities as is available
to others; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Bisectors and
management of Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Complex are
urged to take all steps necessary to fully aeeommodate< the
physically handicapped within those facilities,
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 5th clay of August, 1969j, by ''the
following vote of the Board
AYES; Supervisors J*' P. Kenny, 'A. M. Dias,
I'. J, Coll, E. A. Linscheid, J. E. Moriarty*
NOES: None,'
ABSENT: None.
RESOLUTION im. 69/517