Arbor Day Observation• •
MAYORAL PROCLAMATION
ARBOR DAY OBSERVATION
FEBRUARY 8, 1992
WHEREAS, in 1872 J. Sterling Morton proposed to the Nebraska Board
of Agriculture that a special day be set aside for the planting of trees, and
WHEREAS, this holiday, called Arbor Day, was first observed with the
planting of more than a million trees in Nebraska, and
WHEREAS, Arbor Day is now observed throughout the nation and the
world, and
WHEREAS, trees can reduce the erosion of our precious topsoil by wind
and water, cut heating and cooling costs, moderate the temperature, clean the
air, produce oxygen and provide habitat for wildlife, and
WHEREAS, trees in our City increase property values, enhance the
economic vitality of business areas, and beautify our community,
NOW, THEREFORE, I Robert A. Pool, Mayor of the City of
Clermont, Lake County, Florida, do hereby proclaim February 8, 1992, as
ARBOR DAY
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the
Seal of the City of Clermont to be affixed this 28th day of January in the year
of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-two.
CITY OF CLERMONT
Attest:
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Robert A. Pool, Mayor
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Ann Whitlock, Deputy City Clerk