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Councilmember Elvig introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: <br /> <br />RESOLUTION #06-02-059 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING APRIL 29, 2006 AS "ARBOR DAY" AND THE <br />MONTH OF MAY 2006 AS "ARBOR MONTH" <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, trees are an increasingly vital resource in Minnesota today, <br />enriching our lives by purifying air, soil and water, conserving soil and providing local <br />energy, creating jobs through forest products, serving as beautiful recreational settings, <br />providing habitat for life of all kinds, making our cities more livable and promoting <br />personal health, community health and resilient ecosystem health; <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, human activities such as construction damage, regional and distant <br />source pollution, as well as certain diseases, threaten our trees creating the need for <br />concerted adaptive and collaborative action by locally planting, nurturing and protecting <br />trees for benefit of citizenry, economy and ecology; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey for the 30th year again sponsors a tree and plant <br />sale by local green businesses for residents; and in partnership with Ramsey Elementary <br />School for a fourteenth year to sponsor an Environmental Health and Education Expo; <br />and will be recognized for its seventeenth year, (2005), as a Tree City USA; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Oaks are the most enduring and valued trees in our landscape, we <br />are urged to plant and preserve oaks as a legacy for our descendants through stewardship; <br />and to plant disease resistant American Elms to restore their place in Ramsey's wooded <br />landscape. <br /> <br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE <br />CITY OF RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: <br /> <br />1) <br /> <br />That the Ramsey City Council hereby proclaims Saturday, April 29, 2006 as <br />"Arbor Day". <br /> <br />2) <br /> <br />That the Ramsey City Council hereby proclaims the month of May as "Arbor <br />Month". <br /> <br />3) <br /> <br />That the Ramsey City Council urges all citizens to plant trees as part of Ramsey's <br />living history, to participate in Oak Wilt disease control, programs that will ensure <br />an enduring tree canopy, and collaborate with partners and volunteers to develop <br />and implement policy to plant, nurture, protect, and steward our natural diversity <br />with education for its use and care. <br /> <br />4) That the Ramsey City Council urges participation in Ramsey's Tree Sale and <br /> Environmental Health and Education Expo, on Saturday, April 29, 2006. <br /> <br /> <br />