HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - PROCLAMATION - 01/18/2022 - PROCLAMATION DECLARING THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 20-26
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, Engineers Week was started in 1951 by the National Society of Professional
Engineers to raise public awareness of engineers’ positive contributions to quality of life; and
WHEREAS, Engineers Week is celebrated in February at the time of George
Washington’s birthday, because he is considered one of this nation’s pioneering engineers as well
as our nation’s first president; and
WHEREAS, Engineers use their scientific and technical knowledge and skills in creative
and innovative ways to fulfill society’s needs; and
WHEREAS, Engineers face the major technological challenges of our time - from
rebuilding communities devastated by natural disasters, cleaning up the environment, and assuring
safe, clean, and efficient sources of water and energy, to designing information systems that will
speed our country into the future; and
WHEREAS, the engineers of the State of Colorado actively help to maintain and sustain
the vital infrastructure of our civilized and natural environments; and
WHEREAS, Engineers encourage young mathematics and science students to realize the
practical power of their knowledge as society will look more than ever to engineers to meet the
challenges of the twenty-first century.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Jeni Arndt, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby
proclaim February 20-26, 2022 as
NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort
Collins this 18th day of January, A.D. 2022.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk