Item E4BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: __November 16, 2011_____ Division: ____ Mayor / BOCC_3___________
Bulk Item: Yes _____ No X Department: ___ Heather Carruthers_Dist 3_____
presentation
Staff Contact /Phone #: _Carol Schreck_________
305-292-3430
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Presentation of Mayor’s Proclamation declaring January 2012 as FLAGLER CENTENNIAL
CELEBRATION MONTH in Monroe County.
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DISPOSITION:AGENDA ITEM #
Revised 7/09
PROCLAMATION
FLAGLER CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION MONTH
January 2012
WHEREAS
, the Flagler Centennial Celebration Committee is a not-for-profit
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community group organized to promote the 100 Anniversary of the Railroad to the
Sea; and
WHEREAS
, the goals of the celebration are to develop awareness of our Monroe
County history and a deeper sense of community throughout Monroe County; and
WHEREAS
, on January 22nd, 1912 the first train on the Key West Extension
of the Florida East Coast Railway passed through the Florida Keys en route to Key
WHEREAS
, the Key West Extension of the Florida East Coast Railway,
conceived by Standard Oil tycoon Henry Flagler, carried passengers to islands
previously isolated by the sea; and
WHEREAS
, the citizens of Monroe County will benefit from the educational
and historical information disseminated by the Flagler Centennial Celebration; and
WHEREAS
, events celebrating the Railroad that Went to Sea are being held
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statewide to the culmination of January 22, 2012, the 100 anniversary of the
NOWTHEREFORE
, , I, Heather Carruthers, Mayor of Monroe County, Florida,
do hereby declare January 2012 as
FLAGLER CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION MONTH
and encourage all to share in the celebration of this great history of the Florida Keys.
Signed on this 16th day of November 2011.
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Heather Carruthers, Mayo
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