Item B1BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: May 21, 2014_ Division: BOCC
Bulk Item: Yes No X Department: District V
Staff Contact /Phone #: Pamela Johnson/453-8787
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Mayor's Proclamation declaring the month of July to be Parks and
Recreation Month.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
TOTAL COST: INDIRECT COST:
DIFFERENTIAL OF LOCAL PREFERENCE:
COST TO COUNTY:
BUDGETED: Yes No
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes No AMOUNT PER MONTH
APPROVED BY: County Atty OMB/Purchasing Risk Management
DOCUMENTATION: Included X Not Required
DISPOSITION:
Revised 7/09
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PARKS and RECREATION MONTH
WHEREAS, parks and recreation programs are an integral part of communities throughout this
country, including Monroe County; and
WHEREAS, our parks and recreation 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 Iocal tax base, increased tourism, the
attraction and retention of businesses, and crime reduction; and
WHEREAS, parks and natural recreation areas 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, the U.S. House of Representatives has designated July as Parks and Recreation
Month;
WHEREAS, Monroe County recognizes the benefits derived from parks and recreation
resources; and
NOW THEREFORE, I, Sylvia J. Murphy, Mayor of Monroe County, do hereby proclaim the
month of July, 2014 to be
PARKS and RECREATION MONTH
Dated this 11 rh aay of June 2014
Sylvia J. Murphy