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MEMORANDUM
TO:
Scott Botcher, City Manager
FROM:
Jill Sinclair, Enviromental Resources Specialist
DATE: 16 April 01
SUB J:
Arbor Day Proclamation
Chanhassen's Arbor Day celebration will be held on Saturday, May 5 this year.
During the day, community groups will be cleaning neighborhood parks in the
morning. At 11 am, all volunteer gq'oups will gather at City Hall for a thank you
luncheon. At noon the event will expand its activities to include gardening,
government and environmental exhibitors, a presentation by Animal Productions,
home and garden presentations and other wildlife on display in the lower level of
city hall. In order to properly recognize the day, I am requesting that the City
Council pass the attached proclamation concerning Arbor Day.
Arbor Day Schedule:
9 am - 11 am
Adopt-A-Park
Clean-up at neighborhood parks by local community groups
11 am - Noon
Thank you luncheon for park cle'an-up and plantfng groups at City Hall
Noon - 3 p.m. City Hall
Presentations:
12:30 'Garden Art from Prunings' by Cliff Johnson
1:00 Wildlife program by Animal Productions
2:00 Container Gardening by a master gardener
2:30 'Saving Green: A Less Excpensive Approach to Lawn
Care' by Lori Haak
Exhibitors:
Carver County Master Gardeners
Wildlife Rehabilitation and Release
Riley-Purgatory-Bluff Creek Watershed District
Carver County Environmental Services
University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
Minnesota Herpetological Society
Chanhassen Garden Club
Halla Nursery
Miss Rosie's Farm Animals
Compost sale
Tree sale
Seedling give-away
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
DATE: RESOLUTION NO:
MOTION BY: SECONDED BY:
PROCLAMATION DECLARING SATURDAY, MAY 5 AS ARBOR DAY
WHEREAS, in 1872, J. Sterling Morton proposed to the Nebraska Board of Agriculture that a
special day be set aside for the planting of trees; and
WHEREAS, this holiday, called Arbor Day, was first observed with the planting of. more than a
million trees in Nebraska; and
WHEREAS, Arbor Day is now observed throughout the nation and the world; and
WHEREAS, trees can reduce the erosion of our precious topsoil by wind and water, cut heating and
cooling costs, moderate the temperature, clean the air, produce oxygen and provide habitat for wildlife; and
WHEREAS, trees are a renewable resource giving us paper, wood for our homes, fuel for our fires
and countless other wood products; and
WHEREAS, trees in our city increase property values, enhance the economic vitality of business
areas, and beautify our community; and
WHEREAS, trees are a source of joy and spir. itual renewal;, and
WHEREAS, Chanhassen has been recognized as a Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day
Foundation and desires to continue its tree-planting ways.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Linda C. Jansen, Mayor oft-he City of Chanhassen, do hereby proclaim
Saturday, May 5, 2001 as ARBOR DAY in the City ofChanhassen. I urge all citizens to support efforts to
care for our trees and woodlands and to support our city's community forestry program; and further, I urge all
citizens to plant trees to gladden the hearts and promote the well-being of present and future generations.
Passed and adopted by the Chanhassen City Council this __ day ,2001.
ATTEST:
Scott A. Botcher, City Manager
YES NO
Linda C. Jansen, Mayor
ABSENT
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