The Olmsted200 proclamation declares April 26, 2022 as Frederick Law Olmsted Day in the City of Portland. The proclamation was prepared by Jim Sjulin, Laurence Cotton and Mike Houck was submitted to Portland City Council at a Council session. Will Howell shepherded it to Council and who did a rousing reading at the April 26 Lucky Lab Olmsted Ale toast to FLO and JCO.

City Commissioners and Mayor Wheeler were enthusiastically supportive of the Proclamation in their comments prior to Mayor Wheeler's reading. Commissioner Mapps provided a detailed and lengthy historical summation of both FLO's and JCO's contributions to the national and local park movement, in addition to FLO's anti-slavery, abolitionist history.