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r <br /> AGENDA ITEM <br /> CITY OF LINO LAKES <br /> RESOLUTION NO. 08 - 90 <br /> RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING ARBOR DAY <br /> WHEREAS , In 1872 J . Sterling Morton proposed to the Nebraska <br /> Board of Agriculture that a special day be set <br /> aside for the planting of trees , and <br /> WHEREAS , this holiday, called Arbor Day, was first observed <br /> with the planting of more than a million trees in <br /> Nebraska, and <br /> WHEREAS , Arbor Day is now observed throughout the nation and <br /> the world, and <br /> WHEREAS , trees can reduce the erosion of our precious <br /> topsoil by wind and water , cut heating and cooling <br /> costs , moderate the temperature, clean the air, <br /> produce oxygen and provide habitat for wildlife , <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS , trees are a renewable resource giving us paper, <br /> wood for our homes , fuel for our fires and <br /> countless other wood products , and <br /> WHEREAS , trees in our city increase property values , enhance <br /> the economic vitality of business areas , and <br /> beautify our community, and <br /> WHEREAS , trees , wherever they are planted, area source of <br /> joy and spiritual renewal , and <br /> WHEREAS , Lino Lakes has been recognized as a Tree City USA <br /> by The National Arbor Day Foundation and desired to <br /> continue its tree-planting ways, <br /> 1 <br />