Agenda 06/25/2024 Item # 4A (Proclamation designating July 2024 as Parks and Recreation Month in Collier County)06/25/2024
P R O C L A M A T I O N
WHEREAS, parks and recreation programs are an integral part of communities throughout
this country, including Collier County; and
WHEREAS, parks and recreation programs 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 therapeutic recreation services for those
who are mentally or physically disabled, 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, attraction and retention of businesses, and crime reduction; and
WHEREAS, parks and recreation areas are fundamental to the environmental well-being of
our community. They 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, the U.S. House of Representatives has designated July as Parks and
Recreation Month; 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 2024 be designated as
PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH IN COLLIER COUNTY
DONE AND ORDERED THIS 25th Day of June 2024.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
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CHRIS HALL, CHAIRMAN
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06/25/2024
COLLIER COUNTY
Board of County Commissioners
Item Number: 4.A
Doc ID: 28993
Item Summary: Proclamation designating July 2024 as Parks and Recreation Month in Collier County. To be
accepted by James Hanrahan and other distinguished guests.
Meeting Date: 06/25/2024
Prepared by:
Title: Customer Service Specialist – County Manager's Office
Name: Aimee Trochessett
05/21/2024 4:32 PM
Submitted by:
Title: Management Analyst II – County Manager's Office
Name: Geoffrey Willig
05/21/2024 4:32 PM
Approved By:
Review:
County Manager's Office Geoffrey Willig Policy & Proclamation Review Completed 05/28/2024 12:25 PM
County Manager's Office Amy Patterson County Manager Review Completed 06/19/2024 10:56 AM
Board of County Commissioners Geoffrey Willig Meeting Pending 06/25/2024 9:00 AM
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