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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY DVORSKY
1 3 A Senate Resolution congratulating the City of
1 4 Coralville for receiving a first-place award in
1 5 the 2001 international Nations in Bloom competition.
1 6 WHEREAS, the City of Coralville won the 2001
1 7 Nations in Bloom environmental award for a city with a
1 8 population of more than 20,000 and up to 75,000; and
1 9 WHEREAS, the City of Coralville competed with 10
1 10 other comparably sized cities, including cities from
1 11 England, Uganda, Russia, and the Netherlands, and was
1 12 the only city in the United States to receive a first-
1 13 place award; and
1 14 WHEREAS, Nations in Bloom was begun in 1997 and is
1 15 the world's only competition for local communities
1 16 that focuses on good environmental management and the
1 17 creation of liveable communities; and
1 18 WHEREAS, Nations in Bloom covers five population
1 19 categories, and communities are judged as to how they
1 20 are performing within the cultural, political,
1 21 economic, geographic, and climatic environment in
1 22 which they are situated; and
1 23 WHEREAS, Nations in Bloom enjoys the endorsement of
1 24 the United Nations Environment Programme and the
1 25 support of numerous governments and government
1 26 agencies; and
1 27 WHEREAS, the Nations in Bloom competition credits
1 28 the City of Coralville for its attention to landscape
1 29 enhancement, heritage management, adoption of
1 30 environmentally sensitive practices, community
2 1 involvement, and creative planning for the future; NOW
2 2 THEREFORE,
2 3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
2 4 congratulates the City of Coralville for its many
2 5 accomplishments and especially for attaining
2 6 international recognition for these accomplishments by
2 7 receiving a first-place Nations in Bloom award; and
2 8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That upon passage of this
2 9 Resolution, an official copy shall be sent by the
2 10 Secretary of the Senate to the Mayor of the City of
2 11 Coralville.
2 12 LSB 7209SS 79
2 13 av/sh/8
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