Community Planning Month (October 2024)City of Dubuque PROCLAMATIONS # 3.
City Council
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1. Proclamation
Copyrighted
October 7, 2024
Community Planning Month (October 2024)
On behalf of the Planning Services Department.
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WHEREAS, change is constant and affects all cities, towns, suburbs, counties, boroughs, townships,
rural areas, and other places; and
WHEREAS, community planning and plans can help manage this change in a way that provides better
choices for how people work and live; and
WHEREAS, community planning provides an opportunity for all residents to be meaningfully involved
in making choices that determine the future of their community; and
WHEREAS, the full benefits of planning requires public officials and residents who understand,
support, and demand excellence in planning and plan implementation; and
WHEREAS, the month of October is designated as National Community Planning Month throughout
the United States of America and its territories; and
WHEREAS, American Planning Association endorses National Community Planning Month as an
opportunity to highlight how planning is essential to recovery and how planners can lead
communities to equitable, resilient and long-lasting recovery; and
WHEREAS, the celebration of National Community Planning Month gives us the opportunity to publicly
recognize the participation and dedication of the members of planning commissions and
other planners who have contributed their time and expertise to the improvement of the
City of Dubuque; and
WHEREAS, we recognize the many valuable contributions made by professional community and
regional planners of the City of Dubuque, and extend our heartfelt thanks for the continued
commitment to public service by these professionals.
NOW THEREFORE, I, BRAD M. CAVANAGH, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA, ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, STAFF, AND RESIDENTS OF DUBUQUE, DO HEREBY
PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024 AS
COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH
IN THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
and caused the Great Seal of the City of Dubuque to
be affixed this 7th day of October 2024.
Brad M. Cavanagh, Mayor
Attest:
Adrienne N. Breitfelder, CMC, City Clerk
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2024: Submitted by Planning Services Director Wally Wernimont and accepted by the Planning
Services Department.
2016: Submitted and accepted by Planning Services Manager Laura Carstens.
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