HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 38-2002 RESOLUTION NO. 38-02
A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT OF THE SUN GRANT IIVITIATIVE
Whereas, the "Sun Grant Initiative" is a long term endeavor designed to minimize America's
reliance on imported fossil fuels and petroleum-based products; and,
Whereas the "Sun Grant Initiative" has been inspired as the result of efforts initiated by
professional personnel of South Dakota State University and has been adopted by the
University as one of its principal economic development endeavors; and,
Whereas, the "Sun Grant Initiative"will ultimately provide opportunities for farmers across
America to diversify their operations by producing feedstock to supply the bio-based industry in
the development of alternative fuels and products; and,
Whereas, businesses to produce the products resulting from the research surrounding this
endeavor will spin off into communities throughout rural America creating new opportunities
for small towns that have been suffering from population decline due to the evolutionary
changes in the Agriculture industry; and,
Whereas, the "Sun Grant Initiative"will also provide opportunities for researchers, professors
, and students among a multitude of disciplines from pharmaceuticals to engineering and beyond
throughout the nationwide collaborative Land Grant University system; and,
Whereas, the "Sun Grant Initiative" is nationwide in scope and has direct ties with the
renewable energy and agriculture and has been encouraged by the award of a grant in the sum
of$560,000.00 from the Agriculture Appropriations Conference Report to pay expenses
connected with initiating and facilitating the concept.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Brookings is in support of the Sun
Grant Initiative and lends the following support:
1. That the City of Brookings hereby endorses its support of the "Sun Grant Initiative".
2. That the City of Brookings will communicate this endorsement to the South Dakota
Congressional Delegation and the Candidates for election and other entities and
individuals throughout the State and Nation.
3. That the City of Brookings urges the South Dakota Congressional Delegation and others to
lend their support for Federal legislation to authorize and fund this endeavor.
4. That the services and resources of the City of Brookings be available to assist in the support
of the "Sun Grant Initiative".
Passed and approved this 8th day of July 2002.
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