Backup Documents 05/10/2011 Item # 4B
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WHEREAS, Collier County actively encourages bicycling as an important mode of transportation in
preserving its quality of life: and,
WHEREAS, the entire month of May is National Bike Month, and May 28th, 2011 is Collier County Bike to
Work Day, which is to promote and celebrate the joys and benefits of bicycling for
transportation and recreation, and cyclists in Collier County enjoy optimum riding conditions
because of the temperate climate: and,
WHEREAS, the Collier County Growth Management Division, Community Traffic Safety Team, Naples
Pathways Coalition, Smart Growth Team, and numerous other community members have worked
diligently over the past years to improve cycling conditions on our roadways, to educate the
public about bicycling, and to promote safe bicycling for recreation and transportation: and,
WHEREAS, the Community Traffic Safety Team recently was awarded $615, 000. 00 of Safe Routes to
School funding (two separate projects, one in Immokalee d various sidewalks near Shadowlawn
Elementary School) to solve existing safety concerns for children: and,
WHEREAS, four pedestrian bridges have been built recently in Golden Gate and on Vanderbilt Drive in
order to address the lack of bicycle and pedestrian facilities on bridges in those areas: and
NOW THEREFORE, be it proclaimed by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County, Florida, that
May 28TH, 2011 be designated as
COLLIER COUNTY BIKE TO WORK DAY
and the entire month of May 2011, be designated as
NATIONAL BIKE MONTH
in Collier County, and encourage every citizen of this community to ride a bike to school, to
work, to shopping, or to any other of the events planned for National Bike Month and Collier
County Bike to Work Day, and join fellow residents in sharing this healthy and pollution-free
form of transportation, and ask that all motorists drive with extra care during this time,
while they share the road.
DONE AND ORDERED THIS 1 d" Day of May, 2011.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
ATTEST:
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DWIGHT E. 'BROCK, CLERK