HomeMy WebLinkAbout047 Proclamation-Park-and-Rec-Month - Word - 06.09.2016PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS parks and recreation programs are an integral part of communities
throughout this country, including Cupertino; 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 local 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 our parks and natural recreation areas ensure the ecological beauty of our
community and provide a place for children and adults to connect with nature and
recreate outdoors.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mayor and City Council of Cupertino,
do hereby acknowledge July as
Park and Recreation Month
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the
City of Cupertino to be affixed this Tuesday, July 5th, Two Thousand and Sixteen.
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Barry Chang, Mayor