Res 2025-34 July 25 as Parks and Recreation MonthCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 2025-34
PROCLAIMING DULY 2025 AS "PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH"
WHEREAS, parks and recreation programs are an integral part of communities
throughout this country, including Mendota Heights; and
WHEREAS, our parks and recreation facilities and programs are vitally important
to establishing and maintaining the quality of life in Mendota Heights, improving the
physical, mental and emotional health of all citizens, and contributing to the economic
and environmental well-being of our community; and
WHEREAS, the parks and recreation programs increase our community's
economic prosperity through increased property values, expansion of the local tax base,
increased tourism, the attraction and retention of businesses, and crime reduction; and
WHEREAS, parks and recreation are fundamental to the environmental well-
being of our community because they improve water quality, protect groundwater,
prevent flooding, improve air quality, provide vegetative buffers to development, and
produce habitats for wildlife; and
WHEREAS, the National Recreation and Park Association has celebrated the
annual Park and Recreation Month since 1985, and the City of Mendota Heights
recognizes the benefits derived from parks and recreation resources.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
Mendota Heights, Dakota County, Minnesota, does hereby proclaim the month of July
2025 as Parks and Recreation Month.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights this 15t day of July, 2025.
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
Stephanie B. Levine, Mayor
ATTEST:
Nancy Bauer, City Clerk