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RESOLUTION NO ':?{'- /1./
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A RESOLUTION RELATING TO EARTH DAY 1990 AND THE
GLOBAL CITIES PROJECT.
WHEREAS, the City of Ashland has long supported environmental
protection and natural resource management programs and
policies by cities/counties; and
WHEREAS, the City of Ashland has also supported state and
national legislation which would help cities/counties
develop strong and successful programs to protect the
environment and conserve natural resources; and
WHEREAS, public concern about protecting the Earth is rapidly
increasing as new scientific information about
environmental threats such as global warming, ozone
depletion, acid rain, air pollution, and more becomes
available; and
WHEREAS, citizens and business leaders are now recognizing
environmental protection and resource conservation to be
essential prerequisites to, and the foundation of,
sustained prosperity and economic development; and
WHEREAS, cities have many critical environmental
responsibilities, including land-use planning,
management of transportation systems, solid and liquid
waste management, and much more; and
WHEREAS, almost twenty years ago, millions of Americans joined
together on Earth Day to express an unprecedented
concern for the environment, and their collective action
resulted in the passage of sweeping laws to protect our
air, our water, and the lands around us; and
WHEREAS, citizens and their governments must again renew their
commitment to meet the global environmental challenge
and stand up together in cities, counties, towns, and
villages around the world for a day of collective action
to declare our shared resolve.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council endorses Earth Day 1990, declaring
that April 22, 1990 shall be designated and proclaimed as Earth
Day, and that the day shall be set aside for public activities
promoting preservation of the global environment.
SECTION 2. The City Council endorses the Global cities Project
of Earth Day 1990, declaring its intention to join the project
and, in that capacity, to sponsor one or more Earth Day 1990
activities in the community.
The foregoing Resolution was READ and DULY ADOPTED at a regular
meeting of the Ashland City Council on the, f'rc':" day of (~L:L-< I'
1990.
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Nan E. Franklin
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SIGNED and APPROVED this 4 - day of
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Catherine M. Goldan '--
Mayor