HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 97-33 RESOLUTION No. 97-33
By the Huntington Beach City Council
Huntington Youth Shelter and Family Resource Center
A Program of Volunteers of America
WHEREAS, The relationship between a city and its residents is a vital and
interdependent one, deriving its strength from the quality of civic involvement and
public spirit generated by an organization such as the Huntington Youth Shelter, and
WHEREAS, The Huntington Youth Shelter and Family Resource Center is a non-profit
organization whose purpose is to maintain a home like facility for at risk youth who are
separated from their families; and
WHEREAS, The Shelter facility has been provided by the City of Huntington Beach in
the Huntington Central Park's historic Brook's House; and
WHEREAS; The Shelter's services, such as temporary shelter, counseling, and case
management are designed to assist youth in crisis, aged 11-17, and
WHEREAS, A twenty-four hour "crisis line" provides support and council to youths and
families and assists families in conflict mediation; and
WHEREAS, The networking of the Shelter personnel with schools, law enforcement,
churches, and Orange County Social Services provides an opportunity to reach youth
in need; and
WHEREAS, The Huntington Youth Shelter has proven to offer quality residential
shelter care to protect runaway and homeless youth, youth in crisis, and their families
by providing a structured "cooling off' period in a safe, supervised environment to help
diffuse family conflict; to restore and foster self-worth and personal responsibility; to
reunite families, and prevent future problems by early intervention and prevention; and
WHEREAS, It is appropriate to underscore the positive impact that the Huntington
Youth Shelter and Family Resource Center has on the local community; now therefore
be it
RESOLVED BY THE HUNTINGTON BEACH CITY COUNCIL, That the Huntington
Youth Shelter an Family Resource Center fulfills a great need for the City of Huntington
Beach and its youth and families and will continue to receive the unqualified support by
the city that has been a tradition since its founding in 1993.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 16th day of June 1997.
Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk IV
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MTIATED AND APPROVED:
Mayor and City Council
Res. No. 97-33
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, CONNIE BROCKWAY, the duly elected, qualified City Clerk of
the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City,
do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted
by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council
at an regular meeting thereof held on the 16th day of June, 1997 by the following
vote:
AYES: Julien, Dettloff, Bauer, Sullivan, Green, Garofalo
NOES: None
ABSENT: Harman
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City Clerk and ex-offici Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach, California
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