Backup Documents 03/11/2011 Item # 4EPROCLAMA TION �4E
WHEREAS, surveyors and mappers are counted among the founding leaders of our country and
were instrumental in the formation of the layout of property boundaries in the United
States which have provided our citizens the enjoyment of property ownership, and,
WHEREAS, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and other former Presidents of the United
States served their fellow colonists as surveyors, and,
WHEREAS, the citizens of Florida recognize the valuable contributions of the surveying and
mapping profession to history, development, and quality of life in Florida and the
United States of America and make important decisions based on the knowledge and
expertise of licensed surveyors and mappers, and,
WHEREAS, the surveying and mapping profession requires special education, training, the
knowledge of mathematics, the related physical and applied sciences, and
requirements of law for evidence; and,
WHEREAS, surveyors and mappers are uniquely qualified and licensed to determine and describe
land and water boundaries for the management of natural resources and protection of
private and public property rights; and
WHEREAS, the continual advancements in instrumentation have required the surveyor and mapper
not only to be able to understand and implement the methods of the past, but also to
learn and employ modern technology in finding solutions to meet the challenges of the
future.
NOW THEREFORE, be it p w1himed by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County,
Florida, that March 20 through March 26, 2011, be designated as
FLORMA SURVEYORS d MAPPERS WEEK
and recognize the many contributions and the onoWng dedicaton of surveyors and
mappers to the eitisens of Collier County, Florida and the United states.
DONE AND ORDERED THIS 8th Day of March, 2011.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
FRED COYLE, CHAIRMAN
AT TEST.
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DWI6 E. BROOK, CLERK