PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF JULY AS “PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH”
PROCLAMATION OF THE CITY OF DRIPPING SPRINGS
WHEREAS, parks and recreation programs are an integral part of communities throughout this country, including Dripping Springs; 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, 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 wellbeing 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, Dripping Springs recognizes the benefits derived from parks and recreation resources.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED by the City Council of Dripping Springs, Texas:
1. That the month of July 2018 shall hereafter be known as “Parks and Recreation Month” in Dripping Springs, Hays County, Texas.
2. That the City Council encourages the community to explore the City’s and surrounding community’s parks and parks programming.
Todd Purcell, Mayor