Agenda Item 2A AGENDA ITEM#2A
MAY 13,2013
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WHEREAS,May 18t,2013 is the third National Kids to Parks Day organized and launched by
the National Park Trust;and
WHEREAS,National Kids to Parks Day empowers kids and encourages families to get outdoors
and visit America's parks;and
WHEREAS,it is important to introduce a new generation to our nation's parks because of the
decline in Park attendance over the last decades; and
WHEREAS,we should encourage children to lead a more active lifestyle to combat the issues of
childhood obesity,diabetes mellitus,hypertension and hypercholesterolemia;and
WHEREAS,National Kids to Parks Day is open to all children and adults across the country to
encourage a large and diverse group of participants;and
WHEREAS,National Kids to Parks Day will broaden children's appreciation for nature and the
outdoors; and
NOW 'THEREFORE, I, Mike Borno, Mayor of the City of Atlantic Beach, Florida, do hereby
proclaim May 18,2013, as
NATIONAL KIDS TO PARKS DAY
and urge all citizens of the City of Atlantic Beach to make time to take the children in their lives to a
neighborhood,state or national park.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,I have
set my hand and caused the Official Seal
of the City of Atlantic Beach to
be affixed this 22°d day of April,2013.
Mike Borno,MAYOR