City Council
Report
City Council Meeting: November 15, 2022
Agenda Item: 16.F
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Denise Anderson Warren, City Clerk, Records and Election Services Department
Subject: Request of Mayor Himmelrich for the Council to adopt the attached Statement of Apology to African American Residents and their Descendants and direct the City Manager to commit to programs, policies, and investments that can educate the public about this history of discrimination and its ongoing consequences, and to ferreting out and overturning systemically racist policies to ensure that the pain caused by several decades of racial injustice and discrimination against blacks and other people of color is mitigated to the extent possible. Mayor Himmelrich further requests Council to direct the City Manager to post this apology on the City’s website and in a public location within the City.
Prepared By: Denise Anderson Warren, City Clerk
Approved Forwarded to Council
Attachments:
A. Statement of Apology to African American Residents and Descendents B. Written Comment