Resolution - #01-02-135 - 02/13/2001

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• Councilmember Zimmerman introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #01 -02 -135 RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING APRIL 28, 2001 AS "ARBOR DAY" AND THE MONTH OF MAY 2001 AS "ARBOR MONTH" WHEREAS, trees are a continuing vital resource in Minnesota today, enriching our lives by purifying air and water, helping conserve soil and providing local energy, creating jobs through a large forest products industry, serving as beautiful recreational settings, providing habitat for wildlife of all kinds, making our cities more livable and are related to all aspects of a diverse, healthy, sustainable ecosystem; and 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 26"' year again sponsors a tree and plant sale by its green businesses for its residents and in partnership with Ramsey Elementary School an Environmental Fair, and is recognized for a 1 year as a Tree City, USA; and WHEREAS, Oaks are the most enduring and valued trees in our landscape, we are urged to plant and preserve their prominence for inhabitants of the new millennium. 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 April 28, 2001 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 tree planting programs that will ensure a green Ramsey in decades to come, and to plant, nurture, protect, and steward the use of our native plant 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, April, 287, 2001. 5) That the City of Ramsey and the neighboring communities of Elk River (Sherburne County Tree Board), and Dayton (Hennepin County), the Minnesota Historical Society, Minnesota Extension Service, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and Citizens combine for a Forestry Family Arbor Day Festival and "Planting Living History," open house on Sunday, April 20, 2001, from 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. at the historic Oliver Kelley Farm on Highway #10 between Ramsey and Elk River.