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4/2/90 RESOLUTION N0. 90- 25 INTRODUCED BY: Mayor Carmen and Council as a Whole A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING APRIL 22, 1990 AS EARTH DAY WHEREAS, almost twenty (20) years ago, more than twenty million Americans joined together on Earth Day in a demonstration of concern for the environment, and their collective action helped lead to the passage of sweeping new laws to protect our air, water and land; and WHEREAS, in the nineteen (19) 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 citizens concerning 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, buying and using only those products least harmful to the environment, adopting more ecologically sound lifestyles, doing business only with those companies that are environmentally sensitive and responsible, and supporting legislation that will help protect the environment and voting for candidates who demonstrate an abiding concern for the environment; BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF HAYFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO, THAT: SECTION 1. The Council of Mayfield Village supports the goals of Earth Day and designates and proclaims April 22, 1990 as Earth Day. 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. The Council finds and determines that all formal actions of this Council relating to the adoption of this Resolution have been taken at open meetings of this Council; and that deliberations of this Council and of its committees, resulting in such formal action, took place in meetings open to the public, .in compliance with all statutory requirements including the requirements of Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code.