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RESOLUTION 8936 -17 BY:Bullock, Litten, Marx, Nowlin, <br />O'Leary, O'Malley. <br />A RESOLUTION to recognize the students, teachers, and administrators of Lakewood Catholic <br />Academy for their environmental stewardship and to congratulate them upon being selected as a <br />2017 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School. <br />WHEREAS, Lakewood Catholic Academy (LCA) has reduced its environmental impact <br />by updating its facilities and improving its environmental practices in a number of ways <br />including reducing waste by 20 %, and; <br />WHEREAS, LCA has prioritized the health and wellness of its students and staff by <br />making healthy lunch choices available daily and ensuring that students receive age- appropriate <br />physical education and outdoor time for free play, and; <br />WHEREAS, LCA offers an enriching curriculum of environmental and sustainability <br />education for students at every level, from learning to appreciate the outdoors as a preschooler, <br />to engaging in environmental research, activism and fundraising in the middle school years, and; <br />WHEREAS, as a result of these significant initiatives, LCA was selected among <br />nominees in 29 states as a 2017 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School awardee. <br />Now, therefore, <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO <br />Section LThat this Council and Mayor hereby congratulate Lakewood Catholic Academy <br />on receiving the 2017 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School award and for being <br />the only such honoree from the State of Ohio. <br />Section 2. That this Council and Mayor express appreciation to LCA for sharing the <br />prestige of this award with the City of Lakewood. <br />Section 3. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning <br />and relating to the passage of this resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, <br />and that all such deliberations of this Council and any of its committees that resulted in such <br />formal action, were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements. <br />Adopted: S tz t p z 0 <br />Approved: Ine, 2a (% <br />YOR <br />