HomeMy WebLinkAboutCouncil Resolution 1156RESOLUTION NO. ~I SZ~
A RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF OREGON'S
PUBLIC FORESTS
WHEREAS, many Oregon counties once depended on the shared revenue generated from timber
harvests on public forest lands to fund many basic services; and
WHEREAS, shares of this timber revenue all but disappeared in the 1990s public forest
management practices were changed by courts, interest groups and politicians; and
WHEREAS, Congress on several occasions has provided a safety net in the form of special
funding known as the county payments program, and the latest county payments program is set
to expire in September of 2007, leaving Oregon counties with no financial certainty; and
WHEREAS, many Oregon counties are preparing to, or already have, cut basic services, close
libraries, limit public safety activity, lay off employees and implement many other reductions;
and
WHEREAS, the long-term solution to the funding woes of these dependent counties is to in part
re-connect county funding with implementing sustainable forest management practices on our
public forests; and
WHEREAS, implementing sustainable forest management can provide stable and consistent
funding to counties for generations; and
WHEREAS, sustainable forest management practices will provide a much needed boost to the
local economy; and
WHEREAS, sustainable forestry can improve the health of our overgrown public forests, help
prevent catastrophic forest fires, preserve wildlife habitat, protect air and water quality, provide
jobs and revenue and sequester carbon;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Central Point,
Oregon, does hereby support the implementation of sustainable forest management practices on
our public forest lands in order to help fund critical county services, improve the health of our
public forest and protect wildlife and their habitat; and encourage reestablishing the connection
between the local communities and the resources that previously provided secure and stable
funding. _'1
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P ssed by the Council and signed by me in authentication of its passage this ~_ day of
2007.
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ATT T D Mayor Hank Williams
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Deanna Gregory, City corde
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Approved by me this o27 day of vS~ , 2007.
Mayor Hank Williams