HomeMy WebLinkAbout102-Attachment A: Resolution to join Let?s Move Cities and Towns campaign.pdf
RESOLUTION NO._______
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA
RELATING TO THE LET’S MOVE CAMPAIGN
WHEREAS, the City of Saratoga supports policies and programs that focus on health and wellness and
healthier community environments; and
WHEREAS, the childhood obesity epidemic is a national health crisis with one in every three children overweight and obese; and
WHEREAS, the 2010 Health Profile for Santa Clara County revealed that 50 percent of adults and 1 in 4
children are overweight or obese; and
WHEREAS, overweight and obesity have been shown to lead to heart disease, diabetes, cancer and
other chronic diseases; and
WHEREAS, the cost of overweight, obesity, and physical inactivity in California due to health care
costs and lost productivity is estimated to be $41.2 billion; and
WHEREAS, the cost of obesity of overweight and obesity and physical inactivity in Santa Clara County
alone is estimated to be over $2 billion; and
WHEREAS, many cities, counties and schools have adopted policies, programs and ordinances that promote healthier environments by making their communities walkable and bikeable and promoting the use of
transit, eliminating unhealthy foods in city, county or school facilities, promoting incentives for stores that sell
fresh produce to locate in depressed neighborhoods, and providing exercise opportunities for their residents; and
WHEREAS, the City of Saratoga wants to partner with and support the Let’s Move Campaign headed by the First Lady of the United States, the Presidents’ Task Force on Childhood Obesity and the Secretary of
Health and Human Services, in an effort to solve the challenge of childhood obesity within a generation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of Saratoga will sign Saratoga up to
become a Let’s Move City and adopt preventative strategies to fight obesity as put forth by the First Lady of the United States of American in the Let’s Move campaign.
The above and foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Saratoga City Council
held on the 16th day of February 2011 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
______________________________
Howard A. Miller, Mayor
ATTEST:
_____________________________ Ann Sullivan, City Clerk