HomeMy WebLinkAboutPRO Archive - 09/20/2007 - Zahner Bailey Milton Rivers Alive Cleanup MonthC WHEREAS, The City of Milton, Georgia is a newly incorporated City in Fulton County, Georgiawith
Rivers and tributaries running throughout the fifty square mile area that is the
incorporated City of Milton.
WHlEREAS, The City of Milton, Georgia -which is part of the Coosa River basin (including Little
River, Chicken Creek,Cooper Sandy Creek, Hen Run Creek and other smaller tributaries
that run into the Little River and eventually into Lake Allatoona) -has a need and
responsibilityto our citizens and future generations to keep our wateways clean,
WHERFAS, Rivers Alive is Georgia's annual volunteer waterway cleanup event targeting waterways
in tfie State including streams, rivers, lakes, beaches, and wetIands. The Rivers Alive
mission is to create awareness and involvement in the preservation of Georgia's water
resources. This annual October event is sponsored by the Georgia Department of
Natural Resources'.
WHEREAS, On October 27,2007, 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 CounciI Memkr Julie Zahner Bailey of Bailey
Farm and Gardens, Inc. will organize and host again the Annual Rivers Alive Cbanup in
the City of Milton Riverways.
WHEREAS, This years annual cleanup will include Little River, Chicken Creek and other waterways
in Milton. Little River, as an example, is a threatened waterway in the Coosa River Basin
and home to federally endangered Cherokee Darter.
WHEREAS, This annual hands-on environmental education opportunity will teach young adults and
older citizens alike about the importance of taking care of local wetlands and waterways.
WHEREAS This annual event reaches out to the entire community and includes local schools, scouts
and other groups throughout Milton.
WHEREAS, Councilmember Julie Zahner Bailey has dedicated much of her adutt life to the
preservation of our natural 'resources and communities including the most precious
waternays throughout North Georgia
MOW,THEREFORE, We, the Mayor and City Council of the City of Milton, hereby dedicate the
month of October officially as "ZahPrer Bailey MiIton Rivers Alive Cleanup Month " for the City of
Milton Waterways.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the City of Milton, Georgia on this 20th Day of September, 2007 I
Mayor