Senate Resolution No. 950

BY: Senator KENNEDY

MEMORIALIZING Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim
September 7, 2019, as Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Appreciation Day in the State of New York

WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to memorialize
Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim September 7, 2019, as Great Lakes-St.
Lawrence Appreciation Day in the State of New York; and

WHEREAS, The Great Lakes system, including Lake Erie, Lake Huron,
Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, and the St. Lawrence River,
is a globally significant resource and ecosystem, holding 21 percent of
the world's surface freshwater, providing drinking water to more than 48
million Americans and Canadians, and supplying 56 billion gallons of
water per day for municipal, agricultural, and industrial use; and

WHEREAS, On September 7, 2012, by signing a revised Great Lakes
Water Quality Agreement, the United States and Canada reaffirmed their
commitment to binational cooperation "to restore, protect, and enhance
the water quality of the Great Lakes to promote the ecological health of
the Great Lakes Basin"; and

WHEREAS, An abundant supply of clean, affordable water is essential
to support a healthy population, a thriving economy, and a
well-functioning ecosystem; and

WHEREAS, As a major source of water for communities located within
the Great Lakes basin, the Great Lakes system is a vital resource in
which all the region's residents share a common interest; now,
therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim September 7, 2019, as
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Appreciation Day in the State of New York,
recognizing the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River's contributions to
New York; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of the State of
New York.