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TREE CITY USA
wionkeno, 3in 1872, J. Sterling Morton proposed to the Nebraska Board of Agriculture
that a special day be set aside for the planting of trees. This holiday, called
Arbor Day, was first observed with the planting of more than a million trees
in Nebraska. Arbor Day is now observed throughout the nation and the
world; and
* (Ee, Trees can reduce the erosion of our precious top soil by wind and water, cut
heating and cooling costs, moderate the temperature, clean the air, produce
oxygen and provide habitat for wildlife. Trees are a renewable resource
giving us paper, wood for our homes, and countless other wood products;
and; and
1 J% coee adopted a strong arbor ordinance that has added over 15,000 trees in
the last twenty years. In addition, the Ocoee Parks and Recreation
Department and the Ocoee Utilities Department have given away over one
thousand trees in the last five years at various city sponsored events for
res idents to place in their yards; and
w »e3ae , ®coee has been named a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation since
2009. To be named a Tree City USA, you must meet four requirements: a
tree board or department, a tree -care ordinance, an annual community
forestry budget of at least $2 per capita and an Arbor Day observance and
proclamation.
1140 /��' 9 I, S. Scott Vandergrift, Mayor of the City of Ocoee, do hereby proclaim April
24, 2015 to be
in the City of Ocoee, and urge all citizens to support efforts to protect our trees and
woodlands and to support our City's urban forestry program, and
FURTHER, I urge all citizens to plant trees to gladden hearts and promote the well
being of present and future generations.
IN WITNESS WHEROF, I hereunto have
Set my hand and caused the Seal of the
City of Ocoee, Florida to be affixed this
17 day of March 2015.
S. Scott V ande gili f t, ✓1Vla c