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CITY OF LINO LAKES RESOLUTION NO . 09 - 90 RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING EARTH DAY 1990 WHEREAS , Lino Lakes prides itself on its quality of life for area residents and businesses and is interested in working to improve and maintain the beauty of the area; arid, WHEREAS , residents should be encouraged to recognize the environmental impact on our community of their daily lives by becoming environmentally responsible consumers , conserving energy, increasing recycling efforts , and. promoting environmental responsibility in our communities ; and, WHEREAS , Earth Day 1990 is a bi-partisan twentieth anniversary global celebration of the original Earth Day in 1970 and is designed to raise environmental consciousness and encourage people at the local level to take an active part ; and, WHEREAS , Earth Day on April 21 will launch the "Decade of the Environment" which is a long-term commitment to building a safe, just and sustainable planet and includes a broad cross-section of society in creating support for environmentally sound actions ; and , WHEREAS , The President and Congress of the United States and many other members of the private and public sectors are supporting the concepts of Earth Day and the hundreds of community projects that will take place around that date; and, WHEREAS , a local group of community leaders have formed a task force called Earthkeepers , with Anoka County Commissioner Margaret Langfeld as honorary chair, to organize a clean up and beautification project along roads in the area including Lake drive in Lino Lakes plus Lexington Avenue, 95th Avenue Northeast and Hodgson Road; and, WHEREAS , Earthkeepers will conduct the clean up in conjunction with Earth Day and Arbor Day activities ; and, WHEREAS , Earthkeepers needs support and volunteers to successfully complete the project : NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the City of Lino Lakes recognizes and supports the Earthkeepers clean up project and "IN encourages residents to volunteer in order to make the project. successful .