Resolution 2011-06
RESOLUTION NO. 2011- 06
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY
RELATING TO THE LET'S MOVE CAMPAIGN
WHEREAS, the City of Gilroy 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 Gilroy has partnered with the Santa Clara County Public
Health Department, which has recently been awarded $3.6 million through the Prevention
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and Public Health Fund of the Affordable Care Act to expand its Communities Putting
Prevention to Work project to include obesity prevention; and
WHEREAS, City Council of the City of Gilroy believes there are important long-
term community benefits to be gained by creating healthy community environments,
including a decrease in the rate of childhood obesity and related risk factors for chronic
disease; and
WHEREAS, the City of Gilroy and other community partners can work together
to understand the relationship between obesity, land-use policies, redevelopment, and
community planning; and
WHEREAS, the City of Gilroy and other community partners, including schools,
can work in partnership to ensure that there are safe places for residents to be active such
as routes to school, parks, ball fields, pools, gyms, and recreation centers; and
WHEREAS, access to healthy affordable foods has a direct impact on the overall
health of our community and planning for the availability of fresh food in neighborhood
stores and farmers markets and improved access through sidewalks, bike paths, and
transit routes should be a priority; and
WHEREAS, the City of Gilroy and other community partners can work to
promote programs that help parents make healthier choices for their families; and
WHEREAS, the City of Gilroy 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, by the City Council of the City of Gilroy, on this 24th day of
January, 2011, that the City of Gilroy will sign up to become a Let's Move City and adopt
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preventive strategies to fight obesity as put forth by the First Lady of the United States of
America in the Let's Move campaign.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 24th day of January, 2011, by the following vote:
AYES:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ARELLANO, BRACCO, DILLON,
LEROE-MUNOZ, TUCKER,
WOODWARD and PINHEIRO
NONE
NONE
APPROVED:
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lbert PinheIro, Mayor
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I, SHA WNA FREELS, City Clerk ofthe City of Gilroy, do hereby certify that the
attached Resolution No. 2011-06 is an original resolution, or true and correct copy of a city
resolution, duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a regular meeting of said Council
held on the 24th day of January, 2011, at which meeting a quorum was present.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Official Seal of
the City of Gilroy this 25th day of January, 2011.
(Seal)