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Designation of July as Park and Recreation Month
WHEREAS parks and recreation programs are an integral part of communities throughout this country,
including Lakeville; 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 City of Lakeville recognizes the benefits derived from parks and recreation resources
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL that July is recognized as Park and
Recreation Month in the Lakeville
CITY OF LAKEVILLE
Matt Little, Mayor
20195 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville, MN 55044
952-985-4400 a 952-985-4499 fax
www.lakmffiemn.gov