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PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, change is constant and affects all cities, towns, suburbs, counties, boroughs, townships, rural
areas, and other places; and
WHEREAS, community planning and plans can help manage this change in a way that provides better choices
for how people work and live; and
WHEREAS, community planning provides an opportunity for all residents to be meaningfully involved in
making choices that determine the future of their community; and
WHEREAS, the full benefits of planning requires public officials and citizens who understand, support, and
demand excellence in planning and plan implementation; and
WHEREAS, the month of October is designated as National Community Planning Month throughout the
United States of America and its territories, and
WHEREAS, American Planning Association and its professional institute, the American Institute of Certified
Planners, endorse National Community Planning Month as an opportunity to highlight the
contributions sound planning and plan implementation make to the quality of our settlements
and environment; and
WHEREAS, the celebration of National Community Planning Month gives us the opportunity to publicly
recognize the participation and dedication of the members of planning commissions and other
citizen planners who have contributed their time and expertise to the improvement of the City of
Ocoee; and
WHEREAS, we recognize the many valuable contributions made by professional community and regional
planners of the State of Florida and the City of Ocoee and extend our heartfelt thanks for the
continued commitment to public service by these professionals;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the month of October 2017 is hereby designated as Community
Planning Month in the City of Ocoee in conjunction with the celebration of National Community Planning
Month.
COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH
IN WITNESS WHEROF, I hereunto have
Set my hand and caused the Seal of the
City of Ocoee, Florida to be affixed this
17th day of October 2017.
Rlisfy 7oiiigoi, Mayor