Resolution - #99-02-043 - 02/23/1999

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Councilmember Hendriksen introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #99-02-043 RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING APRIL 24, 1999 AS "ARBOR DAY" AND THE MONTH OF MAY 1999 AS "ARBOR MONTH" WHEREAS, Minnesota's forest treasures were a bountiful resource to early settlers and commerce because of their usefulness and their prominent place in the landscape; and WHEREAS, trees are an increasingly 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 to ensure the future of urban and rural forests in our county, state, and country by locally planting, nurturing and protecting trees for benefit of citizens, economy and ecology; and WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey for the 24th year again sponsors a tree sale for its residents and in partnership with Ramsey Elementary School an Environmental Fair; and WHEREAS, Arbor Day is now observed throughout the nation and the world and the City of Ramsey is recognized for a tenth year as a Tree City, USA. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) That the Ramsey City Council hereby proclaims April 24, 1999 as "Arbor Day". That the Ramsey City Council hereby proclaims the month of May as "Arbor Month". 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 Minnesota's native tree resources. 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, 24, 1999. That the Ramsey City Council notes that neighboring communities of Ramsey (Anoka County), Elk River (Sherbume County Tree Board), and Dayton (Hennepin County), the Minnesota Historical Society, Minnesota Extension Service, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and Citizens efforts combined for a family Arbor Day "Planting Living History" on Sunday, May 2, 1999 from 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. at the historic Oliver Kelley Farm on Highway #10 in Elk River.