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HomeMy WebLinkAbout32-01 RESOLUTION• • 32. -os RESOLUTION NO. 33 01 A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE APRIL 28, 2001 FAYETTEVILLE CREEK CLEANUP. WHEREAS, a considerable amount of pollution has been documented along Scull Creek and other creeks in Fayetteville, and WHEREAS, the Fayetteville Urban Resources Stream Team has planned its Second Annual Fayetteville Creek Clean Up on Scull Creek for Saturday, April 28, 2001, and WHEREAS, several departments and societies within the University of Arkansas system, the Arkansas Stream Team Program, Arkansas Game and Fish, Arkansas Environmental Education Association, 4 County Solid Waste District, Washington County Cooperative Extension Service, Arkansas State Sierra Club, Ozark Headwaters Group Siena Club, and the Fayetteville Environmental Concerns Committee have each lent their support to this creek cleanup effort, and WHEREAS, the quality of water in Fayetteville's urban streams and creeks have a direct impact on public health, recreation and property values, and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Fayetteville and many citizens of Fayetteville would like to enc ourage the restoration of Fayetteville's natural waterways and riparian zones, WHEREAS, urban creeks can serve as living laboratories for hands-on environmental education, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS: Section 1. The City of Fayetteville hereby states its support of the Second Annual Fayetteville Creek Clean Up and encourages all citizens to take part in this effort. This support will include: A. Providing solid waste roll -off dumpsters and other needed equipment within reason, and • • B. Staffing one or more informational booths in the Clean Up's Educational Resources Area which feature the City of Fayetteville's efforts to encourage environmentally responsible practices, and C. Continued efforts to educate Fayetteville Citizens and to encourage multiple uses of Fayetteville's urban streams, including 1) Installing signage at each creek crossing saying which creek flows there; 2) Initiating an Adopt -A -Creek program with city residents and/or groups; 3) Working with the University of Arkansas and FURST to produce a hydrology map that would illustrate wetlands areas, creeks, multi -use trails and parks on one side and environmental educational information on the back; 4) Establish multi -use trails along creeks and streams; 5) Installing trash cans and recycling bins along creek -side multi -use trails as the trails are developed; 6) Initiating a public advertising campaign in the local media educating citizens about City of Fayetteville environmental programs (recycling/parks/tree & landscaping/trails/creeks, etc.) 7) Establish a citizen's hotline to report dumping, contamination and/or public health related concerns, as they pertain to urban creek issues (as in sewage overflows or hazardous waste spills). PASSED AND APPROVED this day of/4&tJ , 2001. APPROVED: By: /0 4 • s 4 $ r •,•er 1 9 .t ATTEST: By Heather Woodruff, City Cler DAN COODY, M r 3 Z -o t NAME OF FILE: Resolution No. 33-0+ CROSS REFERENCE: 03/20/01 Resolution No. 33-01 03/26/01 Departmental Memo from City Clerk NOTES: FAME 1T T THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILL , ARKANSAS DEPARTMENTAL CORRESPONDENCE • 4To: Cheryl Zotti, Solid Waste From: Heather Woodruff, City Clerk Date: March 26, 2001 Attached is a copy of the resolution supporting the April 28, 2001 creek clean up. The original will be microfilmed and filed with the City Clerk. • • Resolution 33-01 According to the City Council minutes of March 6, 2001 Resolution Number 33-01 was missed and never used. The March 20, 2001 City Council minutes show the first resolution number as Resolution Number 34-01. Sondra Smith City Clerk Treasurer ,idortekta_6 A- 5/a.2/is