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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
ACCEPTANCE OF DONATION TO COOK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
WHEREAS, The Eco-Friendly Mobile Farm Stand Project, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, wishes to donate a low-speed-electric vehicle (“LSEV”) mobile farm stand to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office’s Urban Farming Initiative; and
WHEREAS, Sheriff’s Urban Farming Initiative has a mission of teaching Individuals in Custody ("IICs”) at the Cook County Department of Corrections (“CCDOC”) sustainable agriculture in terms of traditional horticulture, aquaponics, and community gardening; and
WHEREAS, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office will utilize the LSEV mobile farm stand to deliver produce grown by IICs in the CCDOC’s garden to local food kitchens and shelters within a five (5) mile radius of the CCDOC.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby accept the low-speed-electric vehicle (LSEV)/mobile farm stand from The Eco-Friendly Mobile Farm Stand Project.
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