G2 Arbor Day Proclamation
CITY OF
CHANHASSEN
7700 Market Boulevard
PO Box 147
Chanhassen, MN 55317
Administration
Phone: 952.227.1100
Fax: 952.227.1110
Building Inspections
Phone: 952.227.1180
Fax: 952.227.1190
Engineering
Phone: 952.227.1160
Fax: 952.227.1170
Finance
Phone: 952.227.1140
Fax: 952,227.1110
Park & Recreation
Phone: 952,227.1120
Fax: 952.227.1110
Recreation Center
2310 Coulter Boulevard
Phone: 952.227.1400
Fax: 952.227,1404
Planning &
Natural Resources
Phone: 952.227.1130
Fax: 952.227.1110
Public Works
1591 Park Road
Phone: 952.227.1300
Fax: 952.227.1310
Senior Center
Phone: 952.227.1125
Fax: 952.227.1110
Web Site
www.ci.chanhassen.mn.us
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MEMORANDUM
TO:
Todd Gerhardt, City Manager
FROM:
Jill Sinclair, Environmental Resources Specialist
DATE:
April 24, 2006
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SUBJ:
Arbor Day Proclamation
Chanhassen's Arbor Day celebration will be held on Saturday, May 6 this year. In
the morning, community groups will be cleaning neighborhood parks. At noon,
all volunteer groups will gather at the commons area between city hall and the
library for a thank you luncheon. Beginning at 10 am at the library, Master
Gardeners will be available to diagnose plant problems and the National Wildlife
Federation will also have a display. Jim Gilbert, local naturalist and author, will
give a talk at 10:00 am and a storytelling hour will take place at 11 am in the
Children's area at the library. Kid's activities in the Arbor Day tent include
planting tree seeds to take home and making birdfeeders. The tree sale this year
offers the following selections for purchase: white pine, Red Splendor crabapple,
Snowdrift crabapple, and smooth serviceberry. In order to properly recognize the
day, I am requesting that the City Council pass the attached proclamation
concerning Arbor Day.
Arbor Day Schedule:
10 am - Noon
Noon
Thank: you luncheon for park clean-up and planting
10 am - Noon
Chanhassen Library and City Center Commons
Master Gardeners available to
National Wildlife Federation
Birdfeeder construction and tree seed
City Center Commons
JimBohanon, chainsaw artist, will be
10:00 am
Chanhassen Library - Wilder Room
Jim Gilbert - Director
guest naturalist
11:00 am
ChanhassenLibraryChildren's Area
Storytelling time
10 am - Noon
Tree Sale
white pine
Red Splendor crabapple
Snowdrift crabapple
smooth serviceberry
$6.75
$16.00
$19.00
$21.00
The City of Chanhassen . A growing community with clean lakes, quality schools, a charming downtown, thriving businesses, winding trails, and beautiful parks. A great place to live, work, and play,
CITY OF
CHANHASSEN
7700 Market Boulevard
PO Box 147
Chanhassen, MN 55317
Administration
Phone: 952.227.1100
Fax: 952.227.1110
Building Inspections
Phone: 952.227.1180
Fax: 952.227.1190
Engineering
Phone: 952.227,1160
Fax: 952.227.1170
Finance
Phone: 952,227.1140
Fax: 952.227.1110
Park & Recreation
Phone: 952.227.1120
Fax: 952,227.1110
Recreation Center
2310 Coulter Boulevard
Phone: 952.227.1400
Fax: 952.227,1404
Planning &
Natural Resources
Phone: 952.227,1130
Fax: 952.227.1110
Public Works
1591 Park Road
Phone: 952.227.1300
Fax: 952.227.1310
Senior Center
Phone: 952,227.1125
Fax: 952.227.1110
Web Site
www.ci.chanhassen.mn.us
Recommendation:
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the following motion:
"The City Council adopts the Arbor Day proclamation shown as Exhibit A."
Attachments:
Exhibit A - Arbor Day Proclamation
The City of Chanhassen . A growing community with clean lakes, quality schools, a charming downtown, thriving businesses, winding trails, and beautiful parks, A great place to live, work, and play.
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
DA TE:
April 24. 2006
RESOLUTION NO:
2006-
MOTION BY:
SECONDED BY:
PROCLAMA TION DECLARING SA TURDA Y, MAY 6 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 spiritual 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, Thomas A. Furlong, Mayor of the City of Chanhassen, do hereby proclaim
Saturday, May 6, 2006 as ARBOR DAY in the City of Chanhassen. 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 24th day April, 2006.
ATTEST:
Todd Gerhardt, City Manager
Thomas A. Furlong, Mayor
YES
NO
ABSENT