HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - PROCLAMATION - 07/01/2014 - PROCLAMATION DECLARING JULY 2014 AS PARKS AND RECRPROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, our parks and recreation programs are vitally important to establish and
maintain the quality of life in our community, ensuring the health of all citizens, and contributing
to the economic and environmental well-being of our community and region; and
WHEREAS, parks and recreation programs build healthy, active communities that aid in
the prevention of chronic disease, provide therapeutic recreation services for those who are
mentally or physically disabled, and also improve the mental and emotional health of all citizens;
and
WHEREAS, parks and recreation programs increase a community’s economic prosperity
through increased property values, expansion of the local tax base, increased tourism, the
attraction and retention of businesses, and crime reduction; and
WHEREAS, parks and recreation areas are fundamental to the environmental well-being
of our community by improving water quality, protecting groundwater, preventing flooding,
improving the quality of the air we breathe, providing vegetative buffers to development, and
producing habitat for wildlife; and
WHEREAS, our parks and natural recreation areas ensure the ecological beauty of our
community and provide a place for children and adults to connect with nature and recreate
outdoors; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. House of Representatives has designated July as Parks and
Recreation Month.
NOW THEREFORE, I, Karen Weitkunat, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby
proclaim July 2014 as
PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH
Fort Collins.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort
Collins this 1st day of July, A.D. 2014.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk