HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2020-73 - Wyland Mayor's Challenge for Water Conservation - 07/14/2020CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2020-73
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE
"WYLAND MAYOR'S CHALLENGE FOR WATER CONSERVATION"
WHEREAS, the City of Eden Prairie continues to explore ways to manage residential
consumption of water and power, and to inspire its residents to care for our natural resources;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Eden Prairie can engage in efforts to inspire its residents to
become better environmental stewards; and
WHEREAS, the ninth annual National Mayor's Challenge for Water Conservation
presented by the Wyland Foundation and Toyota, 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 August 1 to August 31, 2020, the City of Eden Prairie wishes to
encourage its residents 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 energy bills.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Eden
Prairie:
I. The City of Eden Prairie agrees with and supports the "Wyland Mayor's
Challenge for Water Conservation."
II. The program is to be implemented from August 1 to August 31, 2020, through a
series of communication and outreach strategies to encourage Eden Prairie
residents to take the conservation "Challenge."
ADOPTED by the Eden Prairie City Council on this 14th day of July 2020.
Ron Case, Mayor
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