Office of the Mayor

Proclamation

Lawrence, Kansas

WHEREAS:       The City of Lawrence continues to explore ways to manage residential consumption of water and power, and to inspire its residents to care for our natural resources; and

WHEREAS:       Cities can engage in efforts to inspire their own communities, as well as their neighboring cities, to become better environmental stewards; and

WHEREAS:       The sixth annual National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation presented by the Wyland Foundation, is a friendly competition between cities to reduce water use and pollution; and

WHEREAS:       From April 1-30, 2017, the City of Lawrence wishes to inspire its residents to take the Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation by making a series of online pledges at mywaterpledge.com to reduce their impact on the environment and see immediate savings in their water and electricity bills.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Leslie Soden, Mayor of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, do hereby proclaim the month of April, 2017 as the

“NATIONAL MAYOR’S CHALLENGE FOR WATER CONSERVATION”

and encourage the citizens of Lawrence to participate.

Leslie Soden, Mayor

April 4, 2017