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RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE WYLAND MAYOR’S CHALLENGE FOW WATER CONSERVATION
Resolution 2019 - 07
WHEREAS, the City of Rexburg, the region of Madison County, and the state of Idaho continue to explore ways to manage residential consumption of water and power, and to inspire its
residents to care for our natural resources; and
WHEREAS, cities can engage in efforts to inspire their own communities, as well as their neighboring cities, to become better environmental stewards; and
WHEREAS, the eighth annual National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation presented by the Wyland Foundation and Toyota, with support from the U.S EPA WaterSense, The Toro Company,
National League of Cities, Conserva Irrigation, EcoSystems, Inc., and Earth Friendly Products (makers of ECOS), is a non-profit challenge to residents to encourage pollution reduction
and smart water use; and WHEREAS, with the encouragement of their Mayors, residents may register their participation in their city's Challenge, online, by making simple pledges to decrease
their water use and to reduce pollution for the period of one year, thereby assisting their cities to apply State and Federal water conservation strategies and to target mandated reductions;
and
WHEREAS, from April 1- 30, 2019, the City of Rexburg wishes to inspire its residents and its neighboring communities to take the "Wyland Mayor's Challenge for Water Conservation" by
making a series of online pledges at mywaterpledge.com to reduce their impact on the environment and to see immediate savings in their water, trash, and electricity bills;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF REXBURG, IDAHO, DO HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE AND DETERMINE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the City of Rexburg agrees and supports the "Wyland Mayor's Challenge for Water Conservation" emphasis.
SECTION 2. That the program is to be implemented from April 1- 30, 2019, through a series of communication and outreach strategies, whether new or existing, to encourage Rexburg residents
to take the conservation "Challenge."
SECTION 3. That this resolution shall be effective immediately.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution; shall cause the same to be entered among the original resolutions of the City;
and shall make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof on the
records of the proceedings of the City Council for the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted.
DATED the 3rd day of April, 2019; by the City Council, City of Rexburg, Idaho.
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SIGNED BY: Jerry Merrill, Mayor
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ATTEST: Deborah Lovejoy, City Clerk