HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 78-108 - MN Park and Recreation Week Proclamation - CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION N0. 78-108
A RESOLUTION ON MINNESOTA'S PARK AND RECREATION WEEK - JUNE 11 THRU JUNE 18, 1978
GOAL: To review the state of leisure, parks, and recreation in Minnesota today. To
increase the public understanding of the importance of leisure's impact on the
American society, through public and private effort.
THEME: Have a leisure affair - Discover Minnesota's Parks and Recreation.
WHEREAS, the quality of "life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness" among third
century Americans will be significantly influenced by their leisure interests
and opportunities, and
WHEREAS, all the factors and forces of an increasingly leisure oriented society
are bountifully present in the State of Minnesota and are already contributing
to the relatively high quality of life enjoyed by the citizens of Minnesota, and
WHEREAS, leisure today and tomorrow represents a broad range of human activities
and values, including those related to arts, education, family and community life,
recreation, social services, sports, tourism, health and rehabilitation as well as
increasing portions of our society's total economic and governmental activity, and
WHEREAS, a statewide event in recognition of the above forementioned leisure related
• interests could well become a significant occasion for celebration with immediate
and long-ranged benefits to those directly involved and to the state citizenry -
young and old, healthy and handicapped, the rich and the poor.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the week of Sunday, June 11, 1978 thru Sunday,
June 18, be proclaimed as Park and Recreation Week in Minnesota.
ADOPTED, by the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie this 16th day of
May 1978.
"ganj P. enzel, Mayor
ATTEST:
Jo h D. F e, Clerk SEAL _