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HomeMy WebLinkAboutParks and Recreation MonthDesignation of July 2013 as Park and Recreation Month WHEREAS parks and recreation programs are an integral part of communities throughout this country, including the Town of Fountain Hills; 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 recreation areas are fundamental to the environmental well-being of our community; 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; and WHEREAS the U.S. House of Representatives has designated July as Parks and Recreation Month; and WHEREAS the Town of Fountain Hills recognizes the benefits derived from parks and recreation resources NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY I, Linda Kavanagh, Mayor of the Town of Fountain Hills, Arizona, that July 2013 is recognized as Park and Recreation Month in the Town of Fountain Hills. ATT pSAlp'JJ Q, P BeVeiyn J. B r, m Clerk 7