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File #: 18-1100    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 10/18/2018 In control: Miscellaneous & New Business
On agenda: 11/1/2018 Final action: 11/1/2018
Title: RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Bhaskar Chilukuri and Green Brigade Org

RESOLUTION FOR BOARD MEETING OF NOVEMBER 1, 2018

 

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RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Bhaskar Chilukuri and Green Brigade Org

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WHEREAS, Bhaskar Chilukuri has a bachelor’s degree in commerce and an MBA from Osmania University located in Hyderabad, Telangana in India; and 

 

WHEREAS, Bhaskar Chilukuri is President and Founder of Green Brigade Org, based in Hyderabad, Telangana India; and

 

WHEREAS, Green Brigade Org is a registered NGO that works to promote and protect the environment; and

 

WHEREAS, Green Brigade Org finds practical solutions for a healthy planet by encouraging simple actions for everyone in order to save the planet and the life support system that protects us all; and

 

WHEREAS, Bhaskar Chilukuri has created and promoted various environmental conservation programs through Green Brigade Org such as tree plantings, bio-medical waste management at hospitals, and preparation of bio-diversity registries; and

 

WHEREAS, Green Brigade Org, along with school children from 3,716 schools, planted one million saplings in one day in the Nalgonda District in the Telangana state of India; and

 

WHEREAS, 6000 children from Hyderabad and Secunderabad in India were educated about the medical benefits of plants and then given 10,000 plants with a plan of stewardship to protect those plants; and

 

WHEREAS, Green Brigade Org, along with past and current Miss Hyderabad finalists, participated in green bicycle rides to create awareness of healthy eco lifestyles among youth; and

 

WHEREAS, Green Brigade Org, along with residents in Hyderabad, prepared bio-diversity registries in Hyderabad to protect the biological diversity of the area under provisions of the Bio-Diversity Act; and

 

WHEREAS, the aim of Bhaskar Chilukuri and his work with Green Brigade Org is a planet where people and nature can thrive together in a stable environment now and for generations to come; and

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that we the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, on behalf of ourselves and staff, hereby recognize Bhaskar Chilukuri for his contributions to protect and promote the environment; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution be spread upon the permanent Record of Proceedings of the Board of Commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and that a copy of same, suitably engrossed, be presented to Bhaskar Chilukuri.

 

Dated: November 1, 2018

Approved: MARIYANA T. SPYROPOULOS, President; BARBARA J. MCGOWAN, Vice President; FRANK AVILA, Chairman, Committee on Finance; KEN DUNKIN; MARTIN J. DURKAN; JOSINA MORITA; DEBRA SHORE; KARI K. STEELE; DAVID J. WALSH; Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

 

Approved as to Form and Legality:  Susan T. Morakalis, General Counsel