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Mayors' Vision - GLCI

Great Lakes Mayors will form a bi-national coalition and will actively work with federal, state and provincial governments to advance the protection and restoration of the Great Lakes Protection and Restoration Plan. Mayors will become active participants in Great Lakes issues relating to governance, economics and science.

To achieve this Vision, Great Lakes Mayors agree to:

1. Establish a Great Lakes Cities Initiative, under which Mayors will work jointly to advance the restoration and protection of the Great Lakes ecosystem.

2. Continue to seek partnerships and collaborate with other levels of government, various commissions and panels, and other organizations involved in Great Lakes issues.

3. Implement and advance existing mayoral initiatives concerning the Great Lakes, such as the 2002 International Association of Great Lakes St. Lawrence Mayors' Salaberry-de-Valleyfield Protocol, and continue a campaign to build upon such initiatives.

4. Call upon the U.S. Congress and Canadian Parliament to appropriate funds for the development, by an independent panel of science and policy experts that includes mayors, of a detailed plan for Great Lakes protection and restoration. The Plan would serve as a blueprint to guide agreed-upon future legislative and appropriations activities that restore and protect the Great Lakes ecosystem.

5. Secure a strong and meaningful role for cities in the development and implementation of Great Lakes programs and policies at the state, provincial, regional and national levels.

6. Identify, evaluate, highlight and share information with each other about successful local initiatives that protect and restore the Great Lakes ecosystem while encouraging the vitality of Great Lakes communities.

7. Continue to meet with each other to advance knowledge and understanding of Great Lakes issues, with the goal of creating as expeditiously as possible, a comprehensive identification of Great Lakes matters important to Mayors.