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4 AGENDA STAFF REPORT
CALEXICO
DATE: November 17, 2022
TO: Mayor and City Council
APPROVED BY: Esperanza Colo Ware, City Manager or CaN an PREPARED BY: Gabriela T. Garcia, City Clerk
SUBJECT: Proclamation for "Farmworker Appreciation Week" - November 27, 2022 through December 3rd, 2022
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Recommendation:
Mayor and Council Members to Proclaim the week of November 27, 2022 through December 3, 2022 as "Farmworker Appreciation Week."
Background:
The Farm Worker Services Coalition of Imperial County has requested the City Council help them to recognize the contribution of the hard-working farmworkers by supporting the 43d Annual Farmworker Appreciation Breakfast event and proclaim the week of November 27, 2022 through December 3, 2022 as "Farmworker Appreciation Week." Discussion & Analysis:
Every year the City of Calexico supports this event by issuing a proclamation in support and appreciation of the hard-working farmworkers in the Imperial Valley. The event nonors approximately three thousand farmworkers in the early hours of the morning with a full breakfast before they head out to work for the day.
Fiscal Impact:
None.
Coordinated With:
Mayor's Office. AGENDA
City Manager. ITEM
Attachments):
4 1. Proclamation for Farmworker Appreciation Week.
Calestco City Council
Prodamation
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Faroon prostation Week®
WHEREAS, agriculture has traditionally been the backbone of the economy of the Imperial Valley, and;
WHEREAS, Imperial Valley Farmworkers have tilled the soil, sowed the seen and harvested the crops of this rich agriculture area, and
WHEREAS, these workers and the agriculture industry have provided food in abundance for the people in cities, the nation and world have this contributed greatly to the economy of Calexico and the Imperial Valley, and
WHEREAS, the Calexico City Council recognizes the contribution which these migratory workers and the agriculture industry have made to our community, and WHEREAS, the Calexico City Council believes in the dignity of tilling the soil and tending the crops, and
WHEREAS, The Calexico City Council recognizes agriculture will continue to play a strong role in our community's economy; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that I, Javier Moreno, Mayor of the City of Calexico on behalf of the Calexico City Council do hereby proclaim the week of November 27t, 2022 through December 3id, 2022 "Farmworker Appreciation Week."
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto affix my signature and Official Seal of the City of Calexico on the 16th day of November 2022.
Javier Moreno, Mayor