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RESOLUTION NO. 2007-252
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ACCEPTING A GRANT FROM THE KAISER
FOUNDATION HOSPITALS, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
REGION COMMUNITY BENEFIT CHARITABLE
CONTRIBUTIONS PROGRAM FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF A KAISER PERMANENTE CHULA VISTA KIDS (KP/CV
KIDS) HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAM, AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
WHEREAS, childhood obesity is at epidemic levels in western Chula Vista; and
WHEREAS, with overweight children facing a greater risk of developing health
problems, the City of Chula Vista is working with community groups to address obesity and
diabetes among children; and
WHEREAS, the Recreation Department has been offered an opportunity to partner with
Kaiser Permanente to provide a unique health promotion program, Kaiser's Kids in Dynamic
Shape (KP KIDS) Program; and
WHEREAS, this program will be held at Otay Recreation Center from January 11,2008,
through February 15,2008; and
WHEREAS, once the program becomes fully operational and self-sustaining, additional
areas of the City may be added; and
WHEREAS, the program fee of $40 per child ($50 non-resident) is made possible
through scholarship funding provided by the grant and is approximately 50 percent of what
Kaiser charges for the same program in one of its facilities; and
WHEREAS, program objectives include providing participating children and their
families with: (1) information on how to choose, shop and prepare nutritious, healthy and well-
balanced meals; (2) games and physical activities for the whole family to enjoy and become
physically fit; and, (3) parent behavior modification skills and motivational techniques to get
children healthy and in better shape; and
WHEREAS, upon completion of the initial KP/CV Kids Program, any additional
programs offered by the Department will need to be fully supported by fees charged to the
participants; and
WHEREAS, the Fiscal Year 2008 General Fund budget for the Recreation Department is
proposed to be amended by $19,115 for the Kaiser Permanente/Chula Vista Kids in Dynamic
Shape (KP/CV KIDS) Program, funded by the Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Southern California
Region Community Benefit Charitable Contributions Program; and
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WHEREAS, the $19,115 grant will be added to the General Fund and allocated as
follows: $5,985 in Personnel Services and $13,130 in Supplies and Services.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista does hereby accept a grant from the Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Southern California
Region Community Benefit Charitable Contributions Program for the implementation of a
Kaiser Permanente Chula Vista Kids health promotion program, and appropriating funds
therefore.
Approved as to form by
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Ann Moore
City Attorney
BE IT FURTHER RES VED, that the $19,115 grant will be added to the General Fund
and allocated as follows: $5, 8 in Personnel Services and $13,130 in Supplies and Services.
Buck M in
Recreati on Director
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City ofChula Vista,
California, this 16th day of October 2007 by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers:
Castaneda, McCann, Ramirez, Rindone, and Cox
NAYS:
Councilmembers:
None
ABSENT:
Councilmembers:
None
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ATTEST:
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Susan Bigelow, MMC, City rk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Susan Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certifY that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2007-252 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 16th day of October 2007.
Executed this 16th day of October 2007.
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Susan Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
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