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Introduced by Council Member Redman:
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RESOLUTION 2013-81
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A
RESOLUTION
HONORING
AND
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SANDALWOOD
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FACULTY
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NUMEROUS
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PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
COMMENDING
HIGH
SCHOOL
GREENSTATE
SPONSOR
STEVEN
SHERRILL
ENVIRONMENTAL
EFFORTS
THE
CLUB
FOR
AND
AND
THEIR
AWARDS;
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WHEREAS,
Sandalwood
High
School’s
GreenState
Environmental
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Club is a student organization devoted to environmental education
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and action, involving students in activities designed to protect
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and enhance Jacksonville’s natural resources and beauty; and
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WHEREAS, GreenState’s faculty sponsor for the last 6 years,
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Steven
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science
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involvement and action in environmental causes and issues; and
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Sherrill,
Sandalwood’s
teacher,
is
marine
passionate
science
about
and
environmental
encouraging
student
WHEREAS, in recent years the GreenState club has consistently
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participated
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including
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Clean-up, the Right Whale Festival at Jacksonville Beach, and the
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St. Johns River Clean-up, and has organized and raised funds for
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on-campus
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detector light switches to save energy when rooms are unoccupied
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and making and decorating rain barrels to collect rainwater for re-
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use; and
the
in
a
wide
City’s
projects
variety
Adopt-A-Road
such
as
of
environmental
program,
retrofitting
the
activities,
annual
classrooms
with
Coastal
motion-
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WHEREAS, GreenState’s numerous activities and accomplishments
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have received wide recognition, including being named the Duval
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County Public Schools’ first Green Champion School in 2010 and the
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winner of the Keep Jacksonville Beautiful award the same year,
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being recognized as a Top 3 Finalist for the Florida Green School
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Awards, and winning the Presidential Volunteer Service Award; and
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WHEREAS,
GreenState’s
faculty
sponsor
Steven
Sherrill
was
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recognized as the school district’s Green Champion of the Year in
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2010 and is certified as a Green Classroom Professional by the
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Green Building Certification Institute; and
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WHEREAS, the club’s latest project involves collecting illegal
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“snipe signs” from roadsides and public rights-of-way and using
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them to create bird houses, of which over 250 have been created and
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given away to faculty, staff and others to erect in their yards and
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neighborhoods; now therefore
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BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Jacksonville:
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Section 1.
The
City
of
Jacksonville
hereby
honors
and
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commends Sandalwood High School’s GreenState Environmental Club and
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its
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contributions to active learning and environmental consciousness
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and
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efforts.
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improvement, and wishes the club great success in the years to
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come.
faculty
sponsor
enhancement
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The
Section 2.
Steven
through
City
Sherrill
their
applauds
wide
this
Effective Date.
for
variety
spirit
of
their
of
outstanding
activities
activism
and
and
civic
This Resolution shall become
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effective upon signature by the Mayor or upon becoming effective
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without the Mayor's signature.
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Form Approved:
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/s/
Margaret M. Sidman
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Office of General Counsel
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Legislation Prepared By:
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G:\SHARED\LEGIS.CC\2013\Res\Sandalwood HS GreenState Club res.doc
Jeff Clements, City Council Research
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