HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2016-57 - National Mayor's Challenge for Water Conservation - 04/05/2016 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2016-57
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE
"NATIONAL MAYOR'S CHALLENGE FOR WATER CONSERVATION"
WHEREAS, the City of Eden Prairie is committed to increasing energy efficiency,
protecting its natural resources and encouraging water conservation; and
WHEREAS, the City of Eden Prairie can engage in efforts to inspire its residents to
become better environmental stewards; and
WHEREAS, the fifth 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 and Earth
Friendly Products (makers of ECOS)—is a healthy, nonprofit competition for cleaner
communities, and a water use and pollution reduction competition between cities; 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 to April 30, 2016, 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 electricity 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 to April 30, 2016, through a
series of communication and outreach strategies, whether new or existing, to
encourage Eden Prairie residents to take the conservation challenge.
ADOPTED by the Eden Prairie City Council on this 5ch day of April 2016.
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Kajhleen Porta, City Clerk