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RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR DESIGNATION OF THE JAMES RIFER <br />• AS AN AMERICAN HERITAGE RIVER <br />WHEREAS, the American Heritage Rivers Initiative assists broadly supported <br />community-based efforts to revitalize local rivers and their related communities and <br />waterfronts, and <br />WHEREAS, the American Heritage Rivers Initiative is responsive to the diverse needs <br />of different kinds of communities, from the core of our cities to remote rural area; and <br />WHEREAS, the American Heritage Rivers Initiative integrates state, local, federal and <br />private expertise and resources to achieve community -identified complementary goals, <br />including natural resources management, economic development, environmental protection <br />and historic preservation; and <br />WHEREAS, designated American Heritage Rivers and their riverfront communities will <br />receive focused support, information, and services, and <br />WHEREAS, the American Heritage Rivers Initiative encourages investment in river <br />communities, promotes the pooling of resources and actively seeks out others to support <br />river community efforts; and <br />• WHEREAS, the American Heritage Rivers Initiative supports efforts that directly result <br />in improved river health and revitalized local communities; and <br />WHEREAS, the American Heritage Rivers Initiative Program will not be a regulatory <br />program, but will provide assistance to riverfront communities with access to federal <br />programs for financial and technical assistance, and <br />WHEREAS, the James River is America's River, where our nation began, the cradle of <br />democracy, the home of several Presidents and American leaders, and the birthplace of <br />private ownership of land, and <br />WHEREAS, the Rivanna River, a major tributary of the James River, runs through <br />Charlottesville and Albemarle County and past Monticello and other properties owned by <br />Thomas Jefferson; and <br />WHEREAS, the Rivanna River has a rich history including its role in the life of early <br />native American tribes, especially the Monocan Tribe; and the historic canals developed <br />adjacent to the River to support commerce and trade with the lower James at Richmond and <br />Williamsburg; and <br />WHEREAS, the Rivanna River has been the subject of a citizen's study, the Rivanna <br />• River Roundtable, for the past year; and <br />