HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009 02 23 Christopher Carson DayPROCLAMA 1'lO
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
�•' WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA
WY HEREAS, Christopher Carson has been with the City of Winter Springs and the Parks and
Recreation Department since August 6, 2001; and
W HEREAS, while working for the City of Winter Springs' Parks and Recreation Department,
Christopher Carson has served as the "Recreation Activities Program Supervisor ". His current
title is the "Recreation Supervisor/Programs (Special Events and Civic Center "); and
W H EREAS, HEREAS, during the 2008 Fiscal Year, as funding became tougher around the Country and
also here in the City of Winter Springs, and as a result, numerous City sponsored Special Events
had to be cut from the Budget, Christopher Carson dreamed up the idea of putting together a
Committee to try to fmd funding from other outside sources to still keep Special Events alive in
the City of Winter Springs; and
'HEREAS, the Committee that Christopher Carson envisioned, became a reality thanks to
his dream, his initiative, and his ingenuity; and this Committee became known as the
"Community Events Committee ". Their first official meeting was held on Friday, September 5,
2008 and was held at the Winter Springs Civic Center; and
HEREAS, because of the exemplary efforts of Christopher Carson, many Special Events
have since been held in the City of Winter Springs thanks to his great idea and with the help of
many wonderful and hard - working Volunteers who make up the "Community Events
Committee ".
NOW THEREFORE, 1, JOHN F. BUSH, Mayor of the City of Winter Springs, do hereby
Proclaim that February 23 2009 in the City of Winter Springs, Florida, be named in honor of
CHRISTOPHER.. CARSON
Jean Hovey
Commissioner
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto have set my hand
and caused the Seal of the City of Winter Springs to be
affixed 3rd da of February, 2009.
J N F. BUSH, MAYOR
ATTEST:
John F. Bush
Mayor
Z''I;ERK
Rick Brown Gary Bonner Sally McGinnis
Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner
Joanne M. Krebs
Commissioner