HomeMy WebLinkAbout047 Age-Friendly Proclamation - word - 01.16.2018PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the Age-Friendly Cupertino Task Force has worked to help organize focus
groups of older residents, and professionals in aging in our community, to identify the
key needs and opportunities to better support Cupertino’s aging population; and
WHEREAS, a key part of this process has been to identify goals for actions that would
make the community more age-friendly; and
WHEREAS, this effort was supported by the Santa Clara County Seniors' Agenda office,
which has been working toward the goal of being the first county in the U.S. in which
every city in the county has been recognized as age-friendly; and
WHEREAS, the City of Cupertino has now been recognized as an "Age-Friendly City" by
the World Health Organization.
NOW, therefore, the Mayor of the City of Cupertino hereby proclaims our commitment to
creating, promoting and sustaining the health, safety, comfort and quality of life for the
citizens of our community, and expresses our deepest appreciation for the
Age-Friendly Cupertino
Task Force
and all of the organization’s volunteers and supporters, for their hard work, dedication
and efforts towards achieving this important designation.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the City of
Cupertino to be affixed this Tuesday, January Sixteenth, Two Thousand and Eighteen.
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Darcy Paul, Mayor