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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,November 26, 2018 Page 8 two very active student members and he would defer to them on what can be done. Mayor Roe stated it is difficult to squeeze a lot of programming into one month so the HRIEC might want to spread out the focus over multiple months. He liked the idea of working with the schools and seeing what the schools might be able to work into some of their curriculum. He stated the HRIEC needs to spread the work around to make sure the entire Commission is involved in order to keep the group engaged. Mayor Roe asked if the Council had any additional feedback on the other procla- mations presented by the HRIEC. Chair Beltmann stated she would be happy to answer any Council questions re- garding the other proclamations in the packet. Councilmember Etten stated when he looks at the proclamations, there are com- mon themes in most of them and he questioned the ones that did not have those common themes to see if that was just something that did not get included or if there was a purposeful reason for removing something. One piece is challenges that people have faced, another piece is contributions of people that are being rec- ognized have brought to the City, the State and the Country. A third piece is the City generally committing to improving or celebrating the lives or contributions and the last piece is any Legislative actions. Councilmember Etten stated on the Women's History Month Proclamation, it was previously Women's History Week that was designated November 8th but, in the resolution, it designates a month so he did not know if there was an official desig- nation that was created by a certain body making it happen that should be acknowledged as a part of the proclamation. Commissioner Peterson stated she took all of the Women's History Month proc- lamations that were out there from the State of Minnesota, the President's Office, and then any women's group that specifically used that, and she tailored it to what she thought would fit the City. She did not know if there is a designation for that, but she worked off the State and Presidential Proclamations that were made. Councilmember Etten stated another spot where he was looking for contributions, actually two, Americans with Disabilities and Mental Health Awareness procla- mations. He stated neither one talk about contributions folks in those groups have made and he was not sure if it was needed. Chair Beltmann stated for the Mental Health Awareness Proclamation and the other proclamations she worked on, the proclamations were built off models of