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55 <br />PROCLAMATION <br />• -:•- �• <br />April 24, 2015 <br />WHEREAS, Roseville's trees have been a significant element of our Community because of <br />their beauty and importance to our environment; and <br />WHEREAS, Trees are an increasingly vital resource for Roseville, enriching our lives by <br />purifying air and water, helping to conserve soil and energy, in serving as <br />recreational settings and wildlife habitat of all kinds; and <br />WHEREAS, Activities such as construction damage and pollution as well as drought and <br />disease have damaged and destroyed many trees and are therefore in need of <br />replacement, and <br />WHEREAS, The City of Roseville needs to positively impact our world environment by helping <br />to attack the problem of global warming by locally planting trees and insuring that <br />these trees are nurtured and protected; and <br />WHEREAS, Trees in our city increase property values, enhance the economic vitality of <br />business areas, and beautify our community, and <br />WHEREAS, Trees, wherever they are planted, are a source of joy and spiritual <br />renewal <br />WHEREAS, Trees assist with drainage, flood mitigation and reduce city costs for sewer and <br />water treatment <br />WHEREAS, Our citizens need to be encouraged to care for our trees and plant as many other <br />trees as possible <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Roseville does hereby <br />proclaim April 24, 2015 as Arbor Day in the City of Roseville. <br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the City of <br />Roseville to be affixed this 6t" day of April, 2015. <br />Daniel J. Roe, Mayor <br />(SEAL) <br />