Resolution - #98-02-017 - 02/10/1998

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Councilmember Beahen introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION//98-02-017 RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING APRIL 25, 1998 AS "ARBOR DAY" AND THE MONTH OF MAY 1998 AS "ARBOR MONTH" WHEREAS, Minnesota's forest treasures were a bountiful resource to early settlers and commerce because of their usefulness and their prominence in the landscape and ecosystem; 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 our farms more productive, 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 state, country and world by locally planting, engineering, protecting and sponsoring trees for benefit of citizens, economy and ecology; and WHEREAS, each year, the last week in April - "Arbor Day" - and the month of May, the people of Minnesota pay special attention to the wonderful treasure that our trees represent and dedicate themselves to the continued health of our state's urban and rural forest ecosystems; and WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey has sponsored a tree sale for its residents for more than two decades and is the area leader in community forestry issues; and WHEREAS, Arbor Day is now observed throughout the nation and the world and the City of Ramsey will be recognized in 1998 for the 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) That the Ramsey City Council hereby proclaims April 25, 1998 as "Arbor Day". 2) That the Ramsey City Council hereby proclaims the month of May 1998 as "Arbor Month". 3) That the Ramsey City Council urges all citizens to become more aware of the importance of trees to their well-being, 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 treasure of tree resources.