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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br /> Date: 2/25/2019 <br /> Item No.: 5.a <br />Department Approval City Manager Approval <br /> <br />Item Description: Consider Proclaiming History Month <br />1 B ACKGROUND <br />2 At the September 20, 2017 Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement Commission (HRIEC) <br />3 meeting, Mayor Roe asked that the commission review proclamations before they were presented to <br />4 the City Council as a result of comments from concerned citizens. Since that time, the HRIEC has <br />5 spent considerable time at each subsequent meeting to discuss, review, conduct outreach, and consult <br />6 with the City Council on what they would like included in city proclamations. At the February 12, <br />7 2018 City Council meeting, the HRIEC brought forward a recommendation on the process for <br />8 reviewing the proclamations that included: <br />9 Review existing proclamation language. The HRIEC or another body designated by <br />10 Council would conduct an in-depth review of current proclamations and provide <br />11 recommended changes to content and language within those proclamations. This would <br />12 -relevant as possible. <br />13 <br />14 Increase awareness of city proclamations. Upcoming proclamations would be mentioned <br />15 on the city website, city newsletter and other appropriate forms of communication. In doing <br />16 so awareness of the proclamation can reach a larger audience and therefore further promote <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 Pilot one or two featured proclamations in 2018. In addition to the proclamation the city <br />20 would have programming or outreach related to the proclamation. The City would make a <br />21 purposeful effort to educate the community or engage with those affected by the <br />22 <br />23 related to what is being proclaimed. <br />24 At the November 26, 2018 City Council meeting, the HRIEC presented their recommendation <br />25 regarding proclamations for 2019 to the Council. At that meeting, the Council asked the Commission <br />26 to further review the format of the proclamations. In particular, they asked that the proclamations <br />27 include details on whether it was a nationally recognized month, and if so, who created the <br />28 designated month/day/week, etc. In addition, they felt that it would be beneficial to also include: <br />29 any challenges people have faced, <br />30 contributions of people being recognized (locally if possible), <br />31 a sentence stating the city generally committing to improving or celebrating the lives or <br />32 contributions <br />33 any legislative actions surrounding the issue. <br />Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br />