Backup Documents 05/25/2010 Item # 4A4A
PROCLAMATION
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, 2010 is Collier
County Bike to Work Day, which is to promote and celebrate the joys and
benefits of bicycling for transportation and recreation in Collier County where
cyclists enjoy optimum riding conditions because of the temperate climate; and
WHEREAS, the Collier County Growth Management Division, Community Traffic Safety
Team, Nap /es Pathways Coalition, Smart Growth Coalition, Collier County Health
Department, 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 was recently awarded $615, OX 00 of
Safe Routes to School" funding (two separate projects, one in Immokalee d
various sidewalks near Shadow/own Elementary School) to solve existing safety
concerns for children; and
WHEREAS, four pedestrian bridges have been built recently in Golden bate and on
Vanderbilt Drive in order to address the lack of bicycle and pedestrian facilities
on bridges in those areas.
NOW THEREFORE, be it proclaimed by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County,
Florida, that May 28th, 2010 be designated as
COLLIER COUNTY BIKE TO WORK DAY
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 .m
the road, i
DONE AND ORDERED THIS 251h Day of May, 2010.
ATTEST:
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA n
FRED COYLE, CHAIRMAN
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