EQC Meeting Date: February 19, 2025
To: Members of the Environmental Quality Commission
From: Risi Karim, Assistant to the City Administrator
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Consider a Motion proclaiming April 25, 2025 as Arbor Day in Northfield.
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Action Requested:
The Northfield Environmental Quality Commission is to consider a motion to Proclaim April 25, 2025 as Arbor Day in Northfield.
Summary Report:
EQC members are to discuss considering a motion that would send the attached resolution to the City Council that would proclaim April 25, 2025, as Arbor Day in Northfield.
The City of Northfield urban forest is a large asset of which the City can be proud. The trees throughout Northfield are beneficial in numerous ways including reducing erosion, decreasing cooling costs, and providing wildlife habitat as well as increasing property values of homes. Recognizing and protecting this asset can assure the residents of the continued existence of the urban forest.
This proclamation is one component necessary for the 2025 Tree City USA application. The City of Northfield has been recognized as a Tree City USA 25 times previously.