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FROM: John Dunn, City Administrative Officer
PREPARED BY: Deb Hossli, Administrative Analyst
SUBJECT: Request by the Earth Day Coalition to adopt a
resolution supporting Earth Day 1990 and approve
$1, 000 in funding to offset costs associated with
sponsoring the event
CAO RECOMMENDATION: To adopt a resolution supporting Earth Day
1990 and approve $1, 000 in funding from available general fund
balance to offset costs associated with sponsoring the event.
DISCUSSION
Attached, for your consideration, is a resolution submitted by the
Earth Day Coalition requesting Council endorsement of Earth Day
1990. Earth Day, recognized annually since 1970, is an
international event that promotes environmental awareness through
educational events offered in local communities. In recognition
of the event's twentieth anniversary, Earth Day activities will• be
offered over a week long period, as opposed to the typical single
day celebration that has taken place in the past. Events will
begin April 16 and culminate on Earth Day itself, April 22, 1990.
Activities will be sponsored throughout the county and include
educational speakers, displays and booths to promote environmental
awareness, celebration concerts, and panel discussions of current
environmental issues.
In addition to Council endorsement of the Earth Day celebration,
the Coalition has requested financial support from the City to
offset a portion of the costs associated with sponsoring the event.
The Council has discussed the Coalition's funding request during
previous Council meetings and recently directed staff to evaluate
the proposal and develop a funding recommendation for their
consideration.
In reviewing the funding proposal submitted by the Coalition, staff
has determined that a $1, 000 contribution to offset advertising
expenses associated with promoting Earth Day events represents a
reasonable contribution from the City and is consistent with
contributions from other government agencies. The Earth Day
Coalition is supportive of this recommendation.
FISCAL IMPACT
Should the City Council concur with this recommendation, staff
further recommends that the $1,000 be taken from available general
fund balance.
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RESOLUTION NO. (1990 SERIES)
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING
EARTH DAY 1990
AND THE GLOBAL CITIES PROJECT
WHEREAS, the City of San Luis Obispo has long supported
environmental protection and natural resource management programs
and policies; and
WHEREAS, public concern about protecting the Earth is rapidly
increasing as a new scientific information about environmental
threats such as global warming, ozone depletion, acid rain, air
pollution, and more becomes available; and
WHEREAS, citizens and business leaders are now recognizing
environmental protection and resource conservation to be essential
prerequisites to the foundation of sustained prosperity and
economic development; and
WHEREAS, cities have many critical environmental
responsibilities; including land-use planning, management of
transportation systems, solid and liquid waste .management, and much
more; and
WHEREAS, almost twenty years ago, millions of Americans joined
together on Earth Day to express an unprecedented concern for the
environment, and their collective action resulted in the passage
of sweeping laws to protect our air, our water, and the lands
around us; and
WHEREAS, citizens and their governments must again renew their
commitment to meet the global environmental challenge and stand up
together in cities, counties, towns, and villages around the world
for a day of collective action to declare our shared resolve;
Resolution No. (1990 Series)
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of San Luis
Obispo endorses Earth Day 1990, declaring that April 22, 1990 shall
be designated and proclaimed as Earth Day, and that the day shall
be set aside for public acitivities promoting preservation of the
global environment.
On motion of , seconded by
and on the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted this day
of ,1990.
Mayor Ron Dunin
ATTEST:
City Clerk Pam Voges
APPROVED:
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