07-10-17 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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WHEREAS, parks and recreation programs are an integral part of communities throughout this country, including the City of La Porte; 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 pro 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 City of La Porte recognizes the benefits derived from parks and recreation resources. Now, therefore, I, Louis R. Rigby, Mayor of the City of La Porte, along with members of the La Porte City Council, do hereby proclaim the month of July 2017, as Parks and Recreation Month th IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City to be affixed hereto, this the 10 day of July, 2017.