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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />NOVEMBER 28, 2011 <br />TITLE: <br />RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE <br />MISSION OF THE "OCCUPY" <br />ORGANIZATION RELATING TO THE <br />NATION'S ECONOMIC CRISIS <br />ITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />? As Recommended <br />? As Amended <br />? Ordinance on 1" Reading <br />? Ordinance on 2ntl Reading <br />? Implementing Resolution <br />? Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Adopt a resolution supporting the mission of the "Occupy" Organization relating to the nation's <br />economic crisis. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The nation's current fiscal crisis has united a number of citizens who have formed the "Occupy" <br />Organization. This organization's mission is to galvanize public support for solutions to the <br />economic problems plaguing our country. The Occupy Organization has identified sustained <br />unemployment, growing income disparities, banking system failures, unjust tax systems, and <br />corporate influence in politics as contributing factors to the widespread economic instability in our <br />nation. <br />The Occupy Organization also calls on Congress to take proactive efforts to create jobs, adopt <br />meaningful regulations of banks and corporations, and to retain local government revenues such <br />as community development block grants that sustain local public services. The attached <br />resolution is an action of support for the Organization's mission and efforts. <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br />There is no fiscal impact associated with this item. <br />55E-1