Resolution 139261
LI- w SUPPORTING EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACCESS TO
Z COMMUNITY SPORTS FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY SPONSORED
® RECREATION PROGRAMS
CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO.13926
WHEREAS, participation in organized athletic programs provides
innumerable benefits to girls and young women, including greater academic
success, improved physical and psychological health, develops responsible
social behaviors and enhances interpersonal skills; and
WHEREAS, participation in organized sports programs helps girls and
women succeed in their professional lives through the development of skills such
as self- confidence and a sense of teamwork; and
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 2404 prohibits discrimination against any
person on the basis of sex or gender in the operation, conduct or administration
of community youth athletic programs and activities, or in the allocation of parks
and recreation facilities, resources and community programs; and
WHEREAS, Governor Schwarzenegger signed the Bill into law on
September 28, 2004; and
WHEREAS, The City Council has directed the Recreation and Park
Department to regulate and monitor compliance in the scheduling of all City
athletic facilities, resources and community programs.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City
of Alameda does hereby support and endorse equal opportunity access to
community sports facilities and community sponsored recreation programs.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly
adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in the regular meeting of the City
Council on the 7th day of February, 2006, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, Gilmore, Matarrese
and Mayor Johnson - 4.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Councilmember deHaan - 1.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City
this 8th day of February, 2006.
L ara Weisiger, City Cl
City of Alameda