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RESOLUTION NO. 6474-90 BY: Boscia, Gallagher, Gazzana, George, Graham, Roth, Smith AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION designating and proclaiming April 22, 1990, as Earth Day in the City of Lakewood. WHEREAS, almost twenty years ago, more than twenty million Americans joined together on Earth Day in a demonstration of concern for the environment, and their collective action resulted in the passage of sweeping new laws to protet our air, water and land, and WHEREAS, in the nineteen years since the first Earth Day, despite environmental improvements, the environmental health of the planet is increasingly endangered, threatened by Global Climate Change, Ozone Depletion, TroPiCal Deforestation, Ocean Pollution, Hazardous Waste, Nuclear Waste, Toxic Pesticides, and Desertification requiring action by all sectors of society, and WHEREAS, Earth Day 1990 is a national and international call to action for all citizens to join in a global effort to save the planet, and WHEREAS, Earth Day 1990 activities and events will educate all citizens on the importance of acting in an environmentally sensitive fashion by recycling; conserving energy and water; promoting alternative renewable energy sources; encouraging sustainable, organic agricultural methods; using efficient transportation; adopting more ecologically sound lifestyles, and WHEREAS, Earth Day 1990 actities and events will educate all citizens on the importance of buying and using only those products least harmful to the environment, and WHEREAS, Earth Day 1990 activities and events will educate all citizens on the importance of doing business only with those companies that are environmentally sensitive and responsible, and WHEREAS, Earth Day 1990 activities and events will educate all citizens on the importance of supporting the passage of legislation that will help protect the environment, and WHEREAS, this resolution constitutes an emergency measure providing for the health, safety and welfare of all citizens of our community; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That this Council and the Mayor support the goals of Earth Day and designate and proclaim April 22, 1990, as Earth Day in the City of Lakewood. That day shall be set aside for public activities promoting preservation of the local and global environment and launching the "Decade of the Environment." Section 2. That this Council and the Mayor urge all of our citizens to join with them in the observance of April 22, 1990, as Earth Day. Section 3. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements.