HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1990.06.28 - 16846Miscellaneous Resolution #90140 June 28, 1990
RESOLUTION
Oakland County Recreation and Parks Month
July, 1990
WHEREAS, the Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission's
mission is to provide all residents of Oakland County with recreational,
leisure, and learning experiences, parks, open spaces, and facilities,
resulting in a comprehensive county park system that enhances quality
of life; and
WHEREAS, the Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission
has provided outstanding recreation for all of the residents of
Oakland County for nearly 25 years; and
WHEREAS, the Oakland County Parks offer nine parks and golf
courses throughout Oakland County; and
WHEREAS, the parks system offers recreational opportunities
ranging from camping, boating, golfing, and picnicking to cross-
country skiing and ice fishing; and
WHEREAS, the parks system operates additional facilities including
two unique wave-action swimming pools, the country's first dome-covered
driving range, a nature center, an amphitheater, conference and
banquet facilities, a tennis complex; and
WHEREAS, there are many outreach programs for communities including
mobile recreation, school visits by parks naturalists, senior citizen
events, services to the disabled; and
WHEREAS, the people of Oakland County have established and approved
a one-quarter mill tax to acquire, preserve and develop parkland
since 1966; and
WHEREAS, the National Recreation and Park Association and the
Michigan Recreation and Park Association declared the month of July
1990 as Michigan Recreation and Parks month;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Oakland County Board
of Commissioners declares July as Oakland County Recreation and
Parks month to recognize the significant role parks and recreation
plays in meeting residents' needs, and in preserving and protecting
county and state natural resources.
Moved by Olsen supported by Calandra the resolution be unanimously adopted.
THE RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED.