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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2010.07.07 - 10141a MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #10 15 9 July 7, 2010 BY: PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE, JOHN SCOTT, CHAIRPERSON IN RE: PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION — NO CHILD LEFT INSIDE ACT TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS, the Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission's mission is dedicated to providing quality recreation experiences that encourage healthy lifestyles, support economic prosperity, and promote the protection of natural resources; and WHEREAS, parks, recreational activities, and leisure experiences provide opportunities for young people to live, grow, and develop into contributing members of the society; and WHEREAS, concerns exist about youth inactivity and related health issues as many youth favor the use of electronic media, which may lead to sedentary lifestyles and result in future generations with greater health risks; and WHEREAS, research has proven that children who are physically active in the outdoors lower their risks associated with obesity and other health issues; and WHEREAS, research shows a growing disconnect between children and nature, producing a younger generation lacking an understanding of the importance of clean air, water and natural resources stewardship; and WHEREAS, the Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission provides outlets for physical activity at more than 6,500 acres of parkland offering trails, camps, nature centers, open space and programming, thus nurturing children's health and wellbeing through exposure to the outdoors; and WHEREAS, the Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission helps build strong minds and bodies through physical activity in the outdoors in the pursuit of lifelong recreational activities for all members of our community. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners supports the NO CHILD LEFT INSIDE ACT, which encourages participation in and supports efforts that promote outdoor activities for children to foster healthy, active lifestyles and to reconnect with nature. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners directs its Chairperson or designee to adopt this resolution in support of the NO CHILD LEFT INSIDE ACT. Chairperson, on behalf of the Planning and Building Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution. PLANNING AND COMMITTEE PLANNING & BUILDING COMMITTEE VOTE: Motion carried on a roll call vote with Runestad absent. / //d Resolution #10159 July?, 2010 Moved by Middleton supported by Coleman the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent Agenda be adopted. AYES: Burns, Capello, Coleman, Coulter, Douglas, Gingell, Gosselin, Greimel, Hatchett, Jackson, Jacobsen, Long, McGillivray, Middleton, Potts, Runestad, Schwartz, Scott, Taub, Woodward, Zack, Bullard. (22) NAYS: None. (0) A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent Agenda were adopted. 01•n•n 1 }VERY APPROVE TIE FROM RESOLUTIP STATE OF MICHIGAN) COUNTY OF OAKLAND) I, Ruth Johnson, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on July 7, 2010, with the original record thereof now remaining in my office. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this 7th day of July, 2010. eat Ruth Johnson, County Clerk