Resolution - #07-03-076 - 03/27/2007

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" Councilmember Olson introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #07-03-076 RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING APRIL 27, 2007 AS "ARBOR DAY" AND THE MONTH OF MAY 2007 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 life of all kinds, making our cities more livable and promoting personal health, community health and resilient ecosystem health; WHEREAS, human activities such as construction damage, regional and distant source pollution, as well as certain diseases and pests, threaten our trees creating the need for concerted adaptive and collaborative action by locally planting, nurturing and protecting trees for benefit of citizenry, economy and ecology; WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey will be recognized for its fifteenth year, (2006), as a Tree City USA; WHEREAS, Oaks are the most enduring and valued trees in our landscape, we are urged to plant and preserve their legacy for our descendants through stewardship; and to plant disease resistant American Elms to restore their place in our wooded landscape inventory . 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 27, 2007 as "Arbor Day". 2) That the Ramsey City Council hereby proclaims the month of Mayas "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 and other programs that will ensure an enduring tree canopy, and collaborate with partners and volunteers to develop and implement policies to plant, nurture, protect, and steward our natural diversity with education for its use and care. 4) That the Ramsey City Council encourages efforts to maintain our historic sites with significant tree species and enhance diversity that does support traditional cultural uses, enhance energy efficiency, and retain or regain economic valuation, in order to sustain an ecology which gives healthy character to our community forest, public sites and private property.