Backup Documents 07/12/2016 Item # 4C CD
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, parks and recreation programs are an integral part of communities
throughout this country, including Collier County; and,
WHEREAS, our parks and recreation are vitally important to establishing and
maintaining the quality of life in our communities, ensuring the health
of all citizens, and contributing to the economic and environmental
well-being of a community and region; and,
WHEREAS, parks and recreation programs build healthy, active communities that
aid in the prevention of chronic disease, provide recreation services for
citizens of all ages and abilities, 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 improve water quality, protect groundwater,
prevent flooding, improve the quality of the air we breathe, provide
vegetative buffers to development, and produce 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, Collier County recognizes the benefits derived from parks and
recreation resources
NOW THEREFORE, be it proclaimed by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier
County, Florida, that July be designated as
(C11�\ hl l Ail I;���J Collier County Parks and Recreation Month
, �1 DONE AND ORDERED THIS 13th Day of July
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
((' T, i n.�o»\i�Q�"� � ' COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
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Donna Fiala, CHAIRMAN