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• <br />• <br />PROCLAMATION <br />DESIGNATING NOVEMBER 19,1999 <br />AS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) DAY <br />WHEREAS, Geography Awareness Week is November 15 to 19, 1999; and National <br />Geographic Information System (GIS) Day is Friday, November 19,1999; and <br />WHEREAS, Geography Awareness Week promotes geographic literacy; and Geographic <br />Information Systems can contribute to geography awareness; and <br />WHEREAS, staff from the Indian River County Community Development Department will <br />assist Environmental Studies students from Sebastian River High School in completing one of five <br />GIS projects that will be presented to the community at the Mueller Center at 1:30 on November <br />19,1999, GIS Day; and <br />WHEREAS, GIS practitioners from Indian River Community College, the Indian River <br />County Property Appraiser's Office, the Indian River County Sheriff's Office, the City of Vero <br />Beach, the Indian River County School District, the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, and <br />the private sector are also contributing their time to this effort; and <br />WHEREAS, these GIS projects will showcase real-world applications of GIS to problems <br />and questions in Indian River County, Florida; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY <br />COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA that November 19, 1999 is <br />designated as <br />NATIONAL GIS DAY <br />in Indian River County, and the Board urges everyone to participate in these GIS Day activities. <br />Adopted this 16" day of November, 1999. <br />NOVEMBER 16, 1999 <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FLORIDA <br />BY: <br />Ken th R. Macht, Chairman <br />-3 BOOK ill PAGE 233 <br />