HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - PROCLAMATION - 09/20/2011 - PROCLAMATION DECLARING SEPTEMBER 29 AND 30, 2011,PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Agriculture initiated the Irrigation Investigations Unit
in Fort Collins in 1911 through a cooperative agreement with the Colorado Agricultural Experiment
Station; and
WHEREAS, USDA irrigation water management research has continued in Fort Collins in
collaboration with Colorado State University for 100 years; and
WHEREAS, irrigation water management innovations developed by the USDA in Fort
Collins have been adopted across Colorado, the west, and the world; and
WHEREAS, over 300 CSU students of irrigation engineering and agricultural water
management have received internships, graduate advising, or employment from the USDA; and
WHEREAS, federal research laboratories located in Fort Collins, such as the USDA-
Agricultural Research Service, employ over 750 and contribute nearly $100,000,000 to the Larimer
County economy each year; and
WHEREAS, the USDA Agricultural Research Service Water Management Research Unit
will be celebrating its100 year anniversary on September 29 and 30, 2011.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Karen Weitkanut, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby
proclaim September 29 and 30, 2011, as
USDA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
WATER MANAGEMENT RESEARCH
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort
Collins this 20th day of September, A.D. 2011.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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Chief Deputy City Clerk