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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />. ~"" mil~~~~@'1r!& <br />~/' EARTH DAY 1990 <br /> <br />""-/ <br /> <br />P.O. Box 10329: Minneapolis. Minnesota 55458-3329 <br />(612) 627-4049 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION 90-11 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION <br /> <br />WHEREAS, almost twenty years ago. more than twenty million Americans joined together on Earth <br />Day in a demonstration of concem for the environment. and their collective action resulted in the <br />passage of sweeping new laws to protect our air. water. and land: <br /> <br />WHEREAS, in the nineteen years since the first Earth Day. despite environmental improvements. the <br />environmental health of the planet is increasingly endangered, threatened by Global Climate Change. <br />Ozone Depletion. Growing World Population, Tropical Deforestation. Ocean Pollution, Toxic Wastes. <br />Desertification, and Nuclear Waste requiring action by all sectors of society: <br /> <br />WHEREAS. Earth Day 1990 is a national and intemational call to action for all citizens to jOhl in a <br />global effort to save the planet: <br /> <br />WHEREAS. Earth Day 1990 activities and events will educate all citizens on the importance of acting <br />in an environmentally sensitive fashion by recycling. conserving energy and water. using efficient <br />transportation. and adopting more ecologically sound lifestyles: <br /> <br />WHEREAS. Earth Day 1990 will educate all citizens on the importance of buying and using those <br />products least harmful to the environment: <br /> <br />WHEREAS. Earth Day 1990 will educate all citizens on the importance of doing business with <br />companies that are environmentally sensitive and responsible: <br /> <br />WHEREAS. Earth Day 1990 will educate all citizens on the importance of voting for those candidates <br />who demonstrate an abiding concem for the environment; <br /> <br />WHEREAS. Earth Day 1990 will educate all citizens on the importance of supporting the passage of <br />legislation that will help protect the environment; <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE. BE IT RESOLVED that El k River designate and proclaim April 22, 1990 <br />as Earth Day 1990. and that that day shall be set aside for public activities promoting preservation of <br />the global environment and launching the "Decade of the Environment". <br /> <br /> <br />Passed and adopted by the City Council <br />April, 1990. <br /> <br />of <br /> <br /> <br />@ <br /> <br />Printed \~m Re(:yrJed Paper <br /> <br />~~: <br />