File #: 2020-8165   
Type: Council Referral
Body: City Council
On agenda: 7/28/2020
Title: Consider Adoption of Resolution Declaring Racism a Public Health Emergency, including Identifying and Approving Direction to Staff Regarding Initial and Ongoing Actions to Address the Crisis. (Vice Mayor Knox White and Councilmember Oddie)
Attachments: 1. Resolution, 2. Public Comment Read into Record, 3. Correspondence - Updated 7/28, 4. Resolution Alternate - Adopted

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Consider Adoption of Resolution Declaring Racism a Public Health Emergency, including Identifying and Approving Direction to Staff Regarding Initial and Ongoing Actions to Address the Crisis. (Vice Mayor Knox White and Councilmember Oddie)

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COUNCIL REFERRAL FORM

 

The Council can take any of the following actions:

1) Take no action.

2) Refer the matter to staff to schedule as a future City Council agenda item.

3) Take dispositive action if sufficiently noticed such that the public and Council have been provided sufficient information by the published agenda, and no formal published notice of a public hearing is required.

 

Name of Councilmember(s) requesting referral: Vice Mayor Knox White and Councilmember Oddie

 

Date of submission to City Clerk (must be submitted before 5:00 p.m. on the Monday two weeks before the Council meeting requested): 7/6/2020

 

Council Meeting date: 7/14/2020

 

Brief description of the subject to be printed on the agenda, sufficient to inform the City Council and public of the nature of the referral:

 

Following up on community meetings, the proposed statements and actions are being brought to Council to clarify past City Council direction. 

 

The proposed resolution declares racism as a public health emergency and includes actions and changes to various City programs, the budget and workplan.

 

The matter is being brought to Council at a special meeting to allow Council to consider and revise any of the statements and actions in the resolution. 

 

Priority Ranking:

 

____ 1 = Not urgent, not important

____ 2 = Urgent, not important

_X__ 3 = Urgent and important

____ 4 = Not urgent, important

 

 ↑ Urgent

2

3

 

1

4

 

Important →