HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011992 - 1992-043 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Support for 3'
Contra Costa Health and ) RESOLUTION NO. 92/ 43
Recreation Association Efforts }
For Community Health and ?
Recreation Center In Contra
Costa County
WH23W.A5, The Contra Costa Health and Recreation Associ-
ation (CCHRA) is a California nonprofit, 501 (C) (3 ) corporation
located in and its facility to be built in and serve all of Contra`
Costa County; and,
W MEAS, CCHRA' is building the first fully integrated,
barrier-free, self-sustaining health and recreation center in the
Nation serving disabled,; non-disabled, low-income and elderly in
accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ; and,
WHEREAS, CCHRA-will be a true community 'center; and,
WH REAS, This facility will be 'a National Model, demon-
strating how by mainstreaming, not segregating the facilities
users, every citizen will have an equal opportunity to participate
fully and how all community health and recreation' facilities
should be built in the future; and,
TrHEREAS, CCHRA' is diligently pursuing funding for the
construction of the' facility through various sources including'
Federal Departments and Agencies; and,
WHEREAS, The California Congressional Delegation is
charged with representing the interests and well-being of the
residents of this State; and,
WHEREAS, The benefits of this Center on the community,
the State and the Nation can be considered no less significant
than the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement; and,
'ORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Contra Costa County Board
of Supervisors support CCHRA's efforts to build the first fully
integrated, barrier'-free self-sustaining community health and
recreation center in our County as well as in: the Nation; and
BE IT FURTHER'' RESOLVED, that the Contra Costa County
Board of Supervisors requests that the members of the California'
Congressional Delegation and the members of the United States
Congress as a whole support and 'assist CCHRA' in their efforts to
obtain funding for this important project.
PASSED on January 28 1992 by unanimous vote of the
Board members present.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and ,
correct copy of an action entered on the minutes of said Board of
Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
Witnes's my' hand and the Seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed this
28th day of January, 1992.
PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board
of Supervisors and County
Adm is for
By. ° Deputy Clerk