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Item 7b. <br /> City Proclamations Next Steps <br /> Background <br /> The Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement Commission presented its recommendation on City <br /> Proclamations to the City Council at their February 12 meeting.Those recommendations are attached <br /> for your reference. During that meeting, the City Council provided feedback on the four points below. <br /> Staff has attempted to summarize the council feedback on each item. <br /> • Review existing proclamation language <br /> o Council would like the HRIEC to review the language of current city proclamations and <br /> report back on any recommended changes. <br /> • Increase awareness of city proclamations/Pilot featured proclamations <br /> o Council would like the HRIEC to bring back their thoughts and ideas for programming <br /> suggestions, or other methods to increase awareness, as well as which proclamations to <br /> feature in the pilot program. <br /> • Add LGBT and Disability Awareness month proclamations <br /> o Council was supportive of doing another LGBT proclamation (have done one in the past) <br /> o Council would like the commission to make recommendations on any other <br /> proclamations that would be relevant to the community, keeping in mind the policy <br /> currently in place for proclamations. <br /> Additionally, staff has included as attachments, several other proclamations that have either previously <br /> been used, or requests that have come in recently.This is not an exhaustive list, but rather a sampling of <br /> other proclamations for discussion purposes. <br /> Recommendation <br /> Provide specific next steps for reviewing the language of existing proclamations, and specifically the <br /> upcoming Women's History month proclamation currently scheduled for the February 26 Council <br /> agenda. <br /> Discuss next steps for the other feedback received. <br /> Attachments <br /> A. HRIEC Recommendations on City Proclamations <br /> B. City Proclamations <br /> C. Proclamation Policy <br /> D. Other Proclamations <br />