Speaker 3: Agenda item number 15 into the record.
Speaker 5: Agenda item 15 Resolution 317 37 Requesting Congress to allocate funding to adequately address the maintenance needs of the national park system.
Speaker 3: Councilmember Suarez.
Speaker 6: Thank you. I want to thank my fellow council members who co-sponsored this resolution. With me, Councilmember Sawant, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember President Harrell. The National Park Service is dedicated to educating the public about America's natural, cultural and historical resources. And we have seen the Park Service employees maintain this dedication in the face of pressure to abandon that important charge. The national parks managed 410 significantly nationally. Significant sites that spent 84 million acres. And most precious to Seattle are the two most visited parks national parks, Mount Rainier and Olympic National Park. In a time where little is considered sacred and we take up the fight here to recognize the importance of protecting lands and water elsewhere, it is now when we must call on our leadership to protect our lands and water here at home be resolved by us. The City Council that we strongly encourage Congress to address the funding needs for the parks system, to address the deferred maintenance and protect the continued existence of these lands across the country and here in our great state of Washington. Thank you.
Speaker 3: Thank you. Any further comments?
Speaker 4: Nobody has anything to say. That's great.
Speaker 0: I'll just.
Speaker 3: I'll just make one. Thank you for staying to the. Yeah.
Speaker 4: Just going to thank those guys. And it's not in District five, just so you all know.
Speaker 3: I'll move. I will move to adopt resolution 31737. It's been moving. Asked that the resolution be adopted, are there any further comments? Those in favor of adopting the resolution please vote. I. I. Those oppose vote no. The motion carries the resolutions adopted. The chair will sign it. Is there any further business coming for the Council? Harry now. Thanks, everyone. Have a great day. And we stand adjourned.
A RESOLUTION requesting Congress to allocate funding to adequately address the maintenance needs of the National Park System.