6.2. SR 08-20-2012 Elk REQUEST FOR ACTION
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To ITEM NUMBER
Mayor and City Council 6.2
AGENDA SECTION MEETING DATE PREPARED BY
Awards/Recognitions August 20, 2012 Tina Allard, City Clerk
ITEM DESCRIPTION REVIEWED By
Proclamation Designating Week of August 19,2012, as Yellow Cal Portner, City Administrator
Ribbon Community Week REVIEWED BY
ACTION REQUESTED
1. Mayor Dietz to read attached proclamation.
2. Council motion designating week of August 19, 2012, as Yellow Ribbon Community Week.
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
Mayor Dietz requested a proclamation for the week of August 19 to be designated as Yellow Ribbon
Community Week.
Elk River has been certified as a Yellow Ribbon City and Governor Mark Dayton will speak and present a
proclamation that proclaims Elk River as a Yellow Ribbon City at the August 23, 2012,Riverfront
Concert.
ATTACHMENTS
• Proclamation Designating Week of August 19, 2012 as Yellow Ribbon Week
Action Motion by Second by Vote
Follow Up
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13065 Orono Parkway PROCLAMATION
Elk River.MN 55330
A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING THE WEEK OF
AUGUST 19, 2012, AS YELLOW RIBBON COMMUNITY WEEK
WHEREAS, the Minnesota National Guard pioneered a program establishing a
comprehensive support network to meet the needs of service members,military
families,and employers in Minnesota;and
WHEREAS, Service members and their military families bear a burden during the
deployment cycle of not only the worry and stress of a loved one protecting our
country,but continue to operate their homes and provide support to their
family's lives on a day-to-day basis;and
WHEREAS, A Yellow Ribbon Community unites all areas within a community to create a
comprehensive network that involves Family Assistance Centers and connects
and coordinates agencies,organizations,resources,and employers for the
purposes of proactively supporting service members and military families;and
WHEREAS, The City Council believes in the importance of supporting all the city's
residents,including services members and their families,in order to provide
service members peace of mind that their families can continue to conduct day-
to-day duties while they sacrifice themselves to protect our freedom;and
WHEREAS, The City of Elk River has been designated a Yellow Ribbon Community and
the City Council believes it is vitally important for the Elk River Community to
participate as a Yellow Ribbon Community in which service members and their
families can depend upon.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Elk River City Council hereby proclaims the
week of August 19,2012,as Yellow Ribbon Community Week.
Passed and adopted this 20th day of August,2012.
John J.Dietz,Mayor
ATTEST:
Tina Allard,City Clerk
Phone:763.635.1000 rWERED B 11
Fax:763.635.1090 NATuRE
www.ci.elk-river.mn.us