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2013 -- H 5836 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N | |
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HONORING BRUCE PAYTON FOR HIS MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO | |
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THE TOWN OF GLOCESTER | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Chippendale, Keable, and Winfield | |
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Date Introduced: March 05, 2013 | |
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Referred To: House read and passed | |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Bruce Payton has exemplified the true spirit of civil service and |
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volunteerism by dedicating the past twenty-five years of his life to the betterment of the Town of |
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Glocester; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Payton served as a Glocester Land Trust trustee from April of 1988 |
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through January of 2006, as well as the Land Trust Chairman from January of 2006 to the present |
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day; and |
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WHEREAS, In that capacity Mr. Payton led the Land Trust in the acquisition and |
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management of over 2,500 acres of land, secured federal, state, and nonprofit grants, developed a |
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26-acre wildlife habitat, expanded the town's open spaces program to encourage residents and |
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visitors to engage in the use of this public land, and oversaw the design and layout of trails and |
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timber management programs; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Payton served on the Conservation Commission as a member from |
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January of 1988 to March of 1991, and then as chairman of the Commission from January of |
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1993 to January of 2004. Mr. Payton actively shaped the development of Glocester's Recycling |
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Program; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Payton faithfully served as the Deputy Tree Warden of Glocester from |
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May of 1988 through January of 2003, where he worked on the development of 117 acres from |
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the "Green Acres" property, utilizing best-practices of forest management to harvest timber. |
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Proceeds from the sale of this timber were used to fund the preparation and construction of |
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fitness/hiking trails and fitness stations throughout the land area; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Payton has dutifully served as the town's Tree Warden from January of |
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2003 to the present, and has overseen the acquisition and administration of over $160,000 in tree |
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planting and maintenance projects and also developed the town's "Tree Care" program, which |
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assists in the drafting of ordinances that created and promoted the local Tree Board. Mr. Payton |
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also has oversight of the "right-of-way" utility line clearing projects; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Payton has been a primary facilitator in gaining $3,192,158 in grant |
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money over the course of his faithful years of volunteer service; now, therefore be it |
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RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and |
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Providence Plantations hereby formally congratulates and offers its sincerest gratitude to Mr. |
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Bruce Payton for all of his years of hard work and dedication for the environmental wellbeing of |
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the Town of Glocester and northwestern Rhode Island at-large; and be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Bruce Payton. |
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