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JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
Philip Morley, County Administrator
FROM: Julie Shannon, Executive Secretary I
DATE: April 28, 2014
SUBJECT: PROCLAMATION re: May 2014 as National Bike Month; Participating
with communities across the Nation promoting activities with bicycles
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
Kees Kolff, President, Jefferson County ReCyclery has requested approval of the Proclamation proclaiming
May 2014 as National Bike Month; Participating with communities across the Nation promoting activities
with bicycles
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve Proclamation re: Proclaiming May 2014 as National Bike Month; Participating with communities
across the Nation promoting activities with bicycles
Date
PROCLAMATION
WHEREA.$Biking is not only the most edicient way to novel, but also builds
connections between neighbors and promotes individual health and community
sustainability, and
WHEREAS There is a nation -wide epidemic of obesity in children and adults, in pan
due to inactivity, and
WHEREAS', The City/County Climate Action Plan calls for encouraging use of
bicycles, and
WHEREAS May is National Bike Month with communities across the nation
promoting activities with bicycles, and
WHEREAS, May 7th is National Bike to School Day and May 16th is National Bike to
Work Day,
NOW, THEREFORE Jefferson County Board of Commissioners hereby proclaim the
Month of May 2014, as
Bike Month
in recognition of the importance of biking in our community, and call upon all citizens to bike
whenever they can in the month of May, especially to school on May 7th and to work on May
16th, and to practice walking and other forms of non- motorized active transportation as well
to promote personal health and community sustainabiliry.
SEAL:
PROCLAIMEDthis 20 day of April, 2014.
JEFFERSONCOUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
John Austin, Chairman
ATTEST: Phil Johnson, Member
Carolyn Avery David Sullivan, Member
Deputy Clerk of the Board