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File #: 23-0508    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 5/11/2023 In control: Miscellaneous & New Business
On agenda: 5/18/2023 Final action: 5/18/2023
Title: RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the 30th anniversary of the Environmental Law & Policy Center

RESOLUTION FOR BOARD MEETING OF MAY 18, 2023

 

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RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the 30th anniversary of the Environmental Law & Policy Center

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WHEREAS, founded in 1993, the Environmental Law & Policy Center’s mission is to develop advocacy campaigns as a means of improving the environment and protecting the rich resources of the Midwest; and

 

WHEREAS, the Environmental Law & Policy Center has assisted in supporting the stability of the Great Plains and the Great Lakes; and

 

WHEREAS, the Environmental Law & Policy Center seeks to develop solutions that combat climate change, advance clean energy development, promote land use, advocate for transportation reform, and improve air quality; and

 

WHEREAS, the Environmental Law & Policy Center championed the creation of an umbrella organization that would collaborate on multi-state protection of the Great Lakes.  Due in part to their advocacy, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative was created; and

 

WHEREAS, additionally, the Environmental Law & Policy Center promoted the passage of the Illinois Renewable Portfolio Standard, which distributes energy resources and drives solar energy and wind power development; and 

 

WHEREAS, on June 3, 2021, the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago passed a resolution recognizing water and sanitation as basic human rights and supporting the concept that water should remain in the public trust; 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 our staff, do hereby recognize the 30th anniversary of the Environmental Law & Policy Center; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution be spread upon the permanent Record of Proceedings of the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and that a copy of the same, suitably engrossed, be presented to the Environmental Law & Policy Center.

 

Dated: May 18, 2023