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April 14, 2022
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #22-114
Sponsored By: Penny Luebs, Robert Hoffman, Adam Kochenderfer, Gary McGillivray, Thomas Kuhn,
Christine Long, Charles Moss, Philip Weipert, Charles Cavell, Yolanda Smith Charles, Janet Jackson, Karen
Joliat, Eileen Kowall, Gwen Markham, William Miller III, Kristen Nelson, Angela Powell, David Woodward,
Marcia Gershenson, Michael Spisz, Michael Gingell
Board of Commissioners - Resolution Proclaiming April 22, 2022 as Earth Day in Oakland County
Chairperson and Members of the Board:
WHEREAS April 22, 2022, marks 52 years of celebrating Earth Day; and
WHEREAS Earth Day was established to raise awareness about a wide range of environmental issues and to
inspire people to take personal action to address them; and
WHEREAS the first Earth Day in 1970 is credited with launching the modem environmental movement; and
WHEREAS it also launched a wave of actions, including the passage of landmark environmental laws in the
United States such as the Clean Air Acts which include the Air Pollution Control Act of 1955, Clean Air Act of
1963, Air Quality Act of 1967, the Clean Air Act Extension of 1970, and Clean Air Act Amendments in 1977
and 1990, as well as the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1970; and
WHEREAS today, Earth Day is widely recognized as the largest civic event, marked by more than a billion
people every year as a day of action to change human behavior and create global, national and local policy
changes; and
WHEREAS in 2016, the United Nations chose Earth Day as the day when the historic Paris Climate
Agreement was open for signature at its headquarters in New York City; and
WHEREAS the theme for Earth Day 2022 is Invest In Our Planet, "now is the time for the unstoppable
courage to preserve and protect our health, our families, our livelihoods... together, we must Invest In Our
Planet; and
WHEREAS everyone needs to act (boldly), innovate (broadly), and implement (equitably) to create a
partnership for the planet.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners proclaims April
22, 2022, as Earth Day in Oakland County and encourages all residents to take action and make a difference and
Invest In Our Planet.
Chairperson, the following Commissioners are sponsoring the foregoing Resolution: Penny Luebs, Robert
Hoffman, Adam Kochenderfer, Gary McGillivray, Thomas Kuhn, Christine Long, Charles Moss, Philip
Weipert, Charles Cavell, Yolanda Smith Charles, Janet Jackson, Karen Joliat, Eileen Kowall, Gwen
Markham, William Miller III, Kristen Nelson, Angela Powell, David Woodward, Marcia Gershenson,
Michael Spisz, Michael Gingell.
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Date: April 14, 2022
David Woodward, Commissioner
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a Date: April 22, 2022
Hilarie Chambers, Deputy County Executive II
Date: April 25, 2022
Lisa Brown, County Clerk / Register of Deeds
COMMITTEE TRACKING
2022-04-05 Legislative Affairs & Government Operations - recommend to Board
2022-04-14 Full Board
VOTE TRACKING
Motioned by Commissioner Gwen Markham seconded by Commissioner Penny Luebs to adopt the attached
Resolution: Proclaiming April 22, 2022 as Earth Day in Oakland County.
Yes: David Woodward, Michael Gingell, Michael Spisz, Karen Joliat, Kristen Nelson, Eileen Kowall,
Christine Long, Philip Weipert, Gwen Markham, Angela Powell, Thomas Kuhn, Charles Moss, Marcia
Gershenson, William Miller IIl, Yolanda Smith Charles, Charles Cavell, Penny Luebs, Janet Jackson, Robert
Hoffman, Adam Kochenderfer (20)
No: None (0)
Abstain: None (0)
Absent: (0)
Passed
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STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lisa Brown, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and
accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on April 14, 2022, with
the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Circuit Court at Pontiac,
Michigan on Thursday, April 14, 2022.
Lisa Brown, Oakland Countv Clerk/Register of Deeds