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MAYORS FROM 18 PINELLAS CITIES GATHER
TO SIGN MAYORS' GREEN CITY ACTION ACCORD

St. Petersburg, Fla. (May 2, 2008) - The media is invited as mayors, vice mayors, commissioners and the president of the Florida League of Cities, Frank Ortis, join St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker on Saturday, May 3 at 10 a.m. at the Haborview Center, 300 Cleveland Street in Clearwater (third floor) to formally sign the "Mayors' Green City Action Accord."

The resolution was originally introduced last year by Mayor Baker and adopted by the Board of Directors of the Florida League of Mayors, the Florida League of Cities and the National League of Cities. Mayor Baker is currently vice chair of the Florida Governor's Action Team on Energy and Climate Change.

The signing will take place in conjunction with the Pinellas Living Green Expo being held this weekend at the Center. Parking is available in the lot at the end of Cleveland Street, on the right. Signs will direct you to the third floor. (The Pinellas Living Green Expo is on the first floor of the Harborview Center.)