Backup Documents 05/12/2009 Item # 4F
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PROCLAMA TION
WHEREAS, Collier County actively encourages bicycling as an important mode of
transportation in preserving quality of life; and,
WHEREAS, the month of May is National Bike Month and May 15'h, 2009 is National Bike
to Work Day, promoting and celebrating the joys and benefits of bicycling for
transportation and recreation, particularly pertinent to cyclists in Collier
County who enjoy optimum riding conditions because of the temperate climate,'
and,
WHEREAS, the Collier County Transportation Services Division, Community Traffic Safety
Team, Naples Pathways Coalition, 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 applied for $615, 000. 00 of ''Safe
Routes to Schoo/" funding for two separate projects, one in Immokalee and
one in the vicinity of Shadowlawn Elementary School to solve existing safety
concerns for children,' and,
WHEREAS, four bicycle/pedestrian bridges have been built recently in Golden Gate and on
Vanderbilt Drive in order to address the lack of bicycle and pedestrian bridges
in those areas; and,
NOW THEREFORE, be it proclaimed by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier
County, Florida, that May 15'h, 2009 be designated as
NATIONAL BIKE TO WORK DAY
and the month of May, 2009, be designated as
NATIONAL BIKE MONTH
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in Collier County, encouraging every citizen of this community to ride a bike to
school, to work, to shop or to any of the events planned for National Bike
Month and National 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 12'h Day of May, 2009.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
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DONNA F. ~LA, CHAIRMAN
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