#1 Presentation on Rock River sweep effort
CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE MEMORANDUM
July 16, 2010
TO: City Council
FROM:Eric J. Levitt, City Manager
SUBJECT: Presentation on Rock River Sweep Effort.
Background
Dave Peterson, the spokesperson and co-director for "Rock'n'Janesville", will be
providing a brief presentation to the City Council on his group’s effort to have the
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Janesville area join in the Rock River Sweep organized to take place July 31.
The City will be supporting their effort through providing them the ability to place the
waste collected at the landfill at no cost and some tools from Parks to assist with the
cleanup.
This agenda item is to provide the directors an opportunity to inform the Council more
about the Rock River Sweep effort.
A letter publicizing the event is attached.
Recommendation
No recommendation as this is a presentation with no action intended.
Attention Janesville Civic Leaders!,
Attention Janesville Civic Leaders!,
“Janesville Pride” has been a long standing motto
here in River City. Those sentiments are still here and we all
feel it-we all believe it. We would like to introduce an effort
where our Janesville Pride can proudly be displayed again!
Join us on July 31, 2010 as we show our pride by
participating in the Rock River Sweep program where we all
pitch in and clean-up areas along the Rock River. This
participation will only ask for 3 hours of effort between 8:30
and 11:30 AM on Saturday, July 31.
Our local effort is called “Rock’n’Janesville” and we propose to clean-up both sides of the Rock
River, from the south end of Janesville to the north end, and then also extending to Indianford. Local
sponsors include Stateline Recycling, Harborfest Aquatics, The Tool House, Inc., and the City of
Janesville. Additionally, our local effort is also supported by American Rivers and the Rock River Sweep
organizations.
As co-directors, Dave Peterson and Dave Wirth will be heading this important annual project.
The primary goal for 2010 is to raise the awareness of why cleaning up the Rock River is of paramount
importance. We believe that since the Rock River was the natural focal point of a young Janesville it
should come back full-circle and become the focal point again for the years to come. An attractive and
beautiful river and riverfront can only enhance prospects of bringing people and business to our city.
To this end, we are initiating this clean-up effort this year by asking that service groups take
ownership of a section of the river to clean-up. The requested area of the river can be large or small but
it can become yours to clean. That’s the Janesville Pride we referred to earlier. Also, for individual civic
leaders who want to help we will assemble a pool of people who can be assigned to assist volunteer
service groups. As a service to you we would also be happy to present to your group a 10 minute show
with images and information concerning this Rock’n’Janesville Project.
If you are interested and would like more information please join us, Dave Peterson and Dave
Wirth, representing the Rock’n’Janesville Group for the July 31, 2010 Rock River Sweep Program, at
7 PM on July 6, 2010 at M&I Bank at 100 North Main Street. (Use the Parker Drive entrance to the
bank.) In the meantime, please contact us at 608-290-8809 or 608-774-0141 for more information.
You can also find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/RocknJanesville-Ist-
Annual-Rock-River-Clean-up/125967060775512?ref=ts
Thank you for considering being involved in this important activity for the Janesville and Rock
River area! Rock’n’Janesville has Janesville Pride!
Rock’n’Janesville logo by Janesville’s own Stacy Hoch