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Roseville Proclamation Hometown Security Day October 22, 2002 Whereas: the terrorist attacks of September 1 l, 2001 ha�e changed life throughout the nation and robbed Americans of their sense of security; and `��hereas: the attacks ha�e far reaching implications for Roseville and a11 municipalities and for the first responders on the frontlines of hometown defense; and `��hereas: cities have shouldered the full financial burden for hometown security at a cost of appro�mately $3 billion since September 2001; and Whereas: at cost to local taxpayers across America, Roseville and other municipalities ha�e met many new hometown security challenges by updating their emergency plans to meet multiple new threats such as diriy bombs, biological and chemical weapons, taking additional security duties at transportation terminals, identifying and assessing vulnerabilities and improving collaboration, communication and infonnation sharing within the region and with the state and federal government; and `��hereas: local cities cannot continue to carry this financial burden and maintain other essential local services without raising local taxes or cutting services; and Whereas: a recent National League of Cities survey shows that for the first time since 1992, a majority of cities are less able to meet their financial needs because of a decrease in revenues due to the economic downturn and the increase in spending for hometown security; and `��hereas: the City of Roseville endorses the National League of Cities' Hometown Security to draw attention to the essential role of America's Cities as the front line of homeland defense and to the urgent need for a true federal-local partnership to carry out this new responsibility. `��hereas: the City of Roseville joins the National League of Cities in urging Congress and the President of the United States to work together to pass a homeland security bill to provide a federal framework for a unified and coordinated response to terrorism.