Resolution - #04-03-072 - 03/23/2004

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Councilmember Elvig introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #04-03-072 RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING May 1, 2004 AS "ARBOR DAY" AND THE MONTH OF MAY 2004 AS "ARBOR MONTH" WHEREAS, trees are an increasingly vital resource in Minnesota today, enriching our lives by purifying air, soil and water, conserving soil and providing local energy, creating jobs through forest products, serving as beautiful recreational settings, providing habitat for wildlife of all kinds, making our cities more livable and relate to the necessity of adaptive management in order to engender and maintain a diverse, healthy, resilient ecosystem; WHEREAS, human activities such as construction damage and pollution, as well as disease and insects, threaten our trees creating the need for concerted action by locally planting, nurturing and protecting trees for benefit of citizenry, economy and ecology; and WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey for the 29th year again sponsors a tree and plant sale by its green businesses for its residents and in partnership with Ramsey Elementary School for a twelfth year to sponsor an Environmental Fair and will be recognized for the sixteenth year, (2004), as a Tree City; and WHEREAS, Oaks are the most enduring and valued trees in our landscape, we are urged to plant and preserve their prominence for our descendants of the new millennium; and to plant disease resistant American Elms to restore their place in our suburban wooded landscape. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: 1) That the Ramsey City Council hereby proclaims May 1, 2004 as "Arbor Day". 2) That the Ramsey City Council hereby proclaims the month of May as "Arbor Month". 3) That the Ramsey City Council urges all citizens to plant trees as part of Ramsey's living history, to participate in Oak Wilt disease control, programs that will ensure an enduring tree canopy for decades to come, and collaborate as partners and volunteers to develop and implement policy and to plant, nurture, protect, and steward the use of our native plant and animal resources. 4) That the Ramsey City Council urges participation in Ramsey's Tree Sale and Environmental Fair, Recycling Day, and the Pet Vaccination Clinic on Saturday, May 1, 2004. 5) That the Ramsey City Council encourages efforts to retain or regain our historically diverse and significant tree species that give character to our community forest, public sites and private property.