Text: SR00159 Text: SR00161 Text: SR00100 - SR00199 Text: SR Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 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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