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To thank and congratulate the management, players and support staff of the Columbus Clippers Baseball Team for their support of and involvement with the City of Columbus' Keep Columbus Beautiful program.
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus encourages partnerships that leverage and complement services delivered by the City; and
WHEREAS, Keep Columbus Beautiful frequently partners with private sector organizations to achieve the goals and objectives of its mission; and
WHEREAS, the Columbus Clippers Baseball Team is one of Keep Columbus Beautiful's valued corporate partners; and
WHEREAS, the management, players, and support staff of the Columbus Clippers Baseball Team participate in the planning and implementation of Keep Columbus Beautiful events at the stadium, including the annual "Keep Columbus Beautiful Night at Cooper Stadium"; and
WHEREAS, during such events, Clippers' announcers ask fans to organize cleanups, recycle and adopt areas of the City to keep clean or beautify; KCB public service announcements are aired on the scoreboard video screen; Clippers staff members toss KCB caps to fans and KCB staff members distribute materials as fans exit; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That this Council does hereby thank and congratulate the Columbus Clippers Baseball players, management and support staff of Cooper Stadium for working to Keep Columbus Beautiful.
SECTION 2. That this Council recognizes the value of public/private partnerships and encourages increased use of such partnerships in service to the citizens of Columbus.