From: Beth Redfern
To: Beth Redfern
Subject: FW: How many of these do I need for today"s meeting? I will bring my original. Thx Alex Date: Monday, September 15, 2025 3:33:33 PM
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From: Alex Stillman <[email protected]>
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To: Merritt Perry <[email protected]>; Tabatha Miller <[email protected]>; Rhea Varley <[email protected]>
Subject: How many of these do I need for today's meeting? I will bring my original. Thx Alex Alex
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WE ONLY REGRET WHAT WE DON’T DO IN LIFE.
RESOLUTION NO. 256-07
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ARCATA URGING IMMEDIATE, SAFE, AND UNHINDERED
DELIVERY OF HUMANITARIAN AID INTERNATIONALLY
WHERE AS, the United Nations reports that famine
has been confirmed in parts of Palestine, Sudan,
South Sudan, Haiti and Yemen is likely to
spread, placing hundreds of thousands of
civilians — including children, families, and
elders — at imminent risk of starvation; and
WHERE AS, the United Nations Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs continues
to document acute shortages of food, medicine,
fuel, and safe shelter, noting that aid
deliveries remain insufficient despite
escalating need; and
WHERE AS, on September 7, 2025, the United
Nations warned that there is a narrow window to
prevent famine from spreading further in
Palestine, underscoring the urgent moral and
humanitarian imperative for action.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City
Council of the City of Arcata:
1) Urges the President, Congress, and relevant
federal agencies to take all diplomatic and
operational steps necessary to ensure immediate,
safe, and unhindered humanitarian access
consistent with UNSCR 2720, including
opening/expanding border crossings and enabling
overland, maritime, and airdrop routes as
needed.
2) Supports robust U.S. funding for life-saving
humanitarian operations for Palestinian, Sudan,
South Sudan, Haiti and Yemen through
established, neutral mechanisms with strong
oversight (e.g., UN-coordinated channels) to
deliver food, water, fuel, medical care, and
shelter to civilians.
3) Calls on all parties to facilitate
humanitarian operations and protect aid workers
and infrastructure, in line with international
humanitarian law.
4) Directs the City Clerk to transmit this
resolution to the President, the Secretaries of
State and Defense, California’s U.S. Senators,
the local U.S. Representative, the Governor, and
relevant UN offices.
This resolution shall be effective upon its
adoption.
Dated:
ATTEST: APPROVED:
City Clerk, City of Arcata Mayor,
City of Arcata
CLERK’S CERTIFICATE
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a
true and correct copy of Resolution No. 256-07,
passed and adopted at a special meeting of the
City Council of the City of Arcata, Humboldt
County, State of California, held on the 15th
day of September 2025, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
City Clerk, City
of Arcata