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File #: 22496    Version: 1 Name: Honoring the “Ladies of the Light” for their contribution to promoting renewable energy and for their achievement in winning the Lexus Eco Challenge.
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 5/11/2011 In control: Council Office
On agenda: 5/17/2011 Final action: 5/17/2011
Enactment date: 5/23/2011 Enactment #: RES-11-00432
Title: Honoring the “Ladies of the Light” for their contribution to promoting renewable energy and for their achievement in winning the Lexus Eco Challenge.
Sponsors: Sue Ellingson
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsWatch
5/17/20111 COMMON COUNCIL Adopt Under Suspension of Rules 2.04, 2.05, 2.24, and 2.25Pass Action details Meeting details Not available
5/11/20111 Council Office RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT UNDER SUSPENSION OF RULES 2.04, 2.05, 2.24, & 2.25 - MISC. ITEMS  Action details Meeting details Not available
Fiscal Note
No appropriation is required.
Title
Honoring the "Ladies of the Light" for their contribution to promoting renewable energy and for their achievement in winning the Lexus Eco Challenge.
Body
WHEREAS, the "Ladies of the Light," eight young women from St. James School, along with their teacher, Gina Pignotti, saw the importance of renewable energy and developed a project that won grand prize in the Lexus Eco Challenge, which includes $40,000 in scholarships; and
 
WHEREAS, the "Ladies of the Light" raised enough money to put a solar panel on the roof of their school; and
 
WHEREAS, the "Ladies of the Light" created awareness through a documentary video; and
 
WHEREAS, the "Ladies of the Light" created lesson plans that focused on green energy practices; and
 
WHEREAS, the "Ladies of the Light" wrote a grant proposal to MG&E to fund both more solar panels at their school and provide a scholarship for another school to take on a similar project; and
 
WHEREAS, the "Ladies of the Light" found that 93% of U.S. energy comes from nonrenewable sources, a level that cannot be sustained;
 
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Madison Common Council does hereby honor the "Ladies of the Light" for their contribution to promoting renewable energy and for their achievement in winning the Lexus Eco Challenge.