Item B2
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDAITEMSU~Y
Meeting Date: Sent. 20. 2006
Division:
BOCC
Bulk Item: Yes ~ No
Department: District 3
Staff Contact Person: Tammv MaIbv
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Presentation of Mayor's Proclamation Proclaiming the Month of
October 2006 as National Down Syndrome Awareness Month in Monroe County.
ITEM BACKGROUND: Down Syndrome is a developmental disorder resulting from an extra
number 21 chromosome and is the most common trisomic abnormality that comes to full tenn; and one
in 300 children is born with some chromosome problem with one in 800 to 1,000 being born with
Down Syndrome affecting approximately 350,000 families in the United States; and
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCe ACTION: N/A
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: N/A
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: N/A
TOTAL COST:
NfA
BUDGETED: Yes
No
COST TO COUNTY:
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes
No
AMOUNT PER MONTH_ Year
APPROVED BY: Cl>UDty Atty _ OMBJPurchasing _ Risk Management ~
DIVISION DlRF.croR APPROVAL: a
(Mayor Charles" nn M oy)
DOCUMENTATION:
Included
Not Required_
DlsposmON:
AGENDA ITEM #
Revised 2/05
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tlroclamation
PROClAMAlTON Of lliE 80AAD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNlY. FlORIDA PROClAIMING THE MONTH OF ocrOBER2006 AS
NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME AWARENESS MONTH IN MONROE COVN1Y
W1iEREAS. Octobet IS "N<ltional Down Syn4romc AW<tten~ Month; Clnet
WHERfAS. Down Syn~rome is a 4evelopm~1 ~isot4et resulting from an extra
numbt:r 21 chromosome Clod 15 the most wmmon trisomic abnormalfty that comes
to full tetm; an4
WHEREAS. one in 300 chiMren is born with some chromosome problem with one in
800 to 1,000 being bom wtth Down Syn4tome affecting approximately 350,000
Fctmilies in the Vnited States; and
Wl-lEltEAS, people with Down syn~tome ~ a wide range of abilities, anct ate
active participants In o:iucatiOl'lal. occupational. ~1. ant! tecl'eat1on-lJ circles of the
community; a...<t
NOW THEREFORE. BE IT PROCLAIMED BY TIfE 80ARD Of CDUNlY
C,?MMlSSION~ OF MONR.OE COVNlY. flORIDA, assemble4 in tegulat session
thiS L 0 cl<ly of September, 2CX)6, that the month of Octobet 2006 is
hetcby proclaimed NATJO~l DOWN SYNDROME AWARENESS MONTH in
Montoe County.
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