HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2023-47 - Wyland Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation - 04/04/2023CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2023-47
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 eff01is to inspire its residents to
become better environmental stewards; and
WHEREAS, the 12th annual National Mayor's Challenge for Water Conservation
presented by the Wyland Foundation, 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
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, for the month of April 2023 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 April 1-30, 2023, 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 4th day of April 2023.
Ronald A. Case, Mayor
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