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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br /> Date: May 23, 2022 <br /> Item No.: 7.e <br />Department Approval City Manager Approval <br /> <br />Item Description: Consider Declaring National Gun Violence Awareness Day (Wear Orange Day) <br />1 B ACKGROUND <br />2 At the May 9, 2022 City Council meeting, Councilmember Strahan brought forward a conversation to <br />3 have the City Council consider recognizing National Gun Violence Awareness Day in Roseville on June <br />4 3, 2022 in conjunction with Wear Orange Day, which recognizes the shooting and killing of Hadiya <br />5 Pendleton, a 15 year from Chicago in 2015. The City Council agreed to discuss the policy in further <br />6 detail at the May 23, 2022 City Council meeting. <br />7 <br />8 The following items have been included as attachments: <br />9 <br />10 Attachment A –Wear Orange – About Wear Orange <br />11 Attachment B – Sandy Hook Promise – National Gun Violence Awareness Day <br />12 Attachment C – Everytown Support Fund – How to Participate in Wear Orange <br />13 Attachment D – US House Resolution 437 – Expressing Support of Designation of National Gun <br />14 Violence Awareness Day <br />15 Attachment E – Emails received from residents in support of Wear Orange Day <br />16 Attachment F – Gun Violence Archive <br />17 Attachment G –NY Times Article – A Partial List of Mass Shootings in the United States 2022 <br />18 <br />19 P OLICY O BJECTIVE <br />20 There are two Community Aspirations that are relevant to this topic. The first is the City aspires to be <br />21 “Welcoming, inclusive, and respectful”. The second is that the City aspires to be a “Safe and Law <br />22 Abiding” community. <br />23 F INANCIAL I MPACTS <br />24 None. <br />25 S TAFF R ECOMMENDATION <br />26 Discuss the item brought forward by Councilmember Strahan and make a decision regarding recognizing <br />27 National Gun Violence Awareness Day/Wear Orange Day. <br />28 R EQUESTED C OUNCIL A CTION <br />29 Discuss the item brought forward by Councilmember Strahan and make a decision regarding recognizing <br />30 National Gun Violence Awareness Day/Wear Orange Day. <br />31 <br />Prepared by: Patrick Trudgeon, City Manager (651) 792-7021 <br /> <br />Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br />