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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />DECEMBER 2, 2014 <br />TITLE: <br />ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING <br />OCTOBER 26 OF EACH YEAR AS REPUBLIC OF <br />VIETNAM DAY <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 181 Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2ntl Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Direct staff to prepare resolution in support of Republic of Vietnam Day as referred by Item 85A on the <br />November 18, 2014 City Council Agenda. The attached resolution designates the date of October 26 <br />of each year as the Republic of Vietnam Day to honor the Republic of Vietnam and recognize the <br />enormous sacrifices and contributions of its army, people, elected and governmental officials as well <br />as the American soldiers, the Vietnam War Veterans, and the allied armies and their families. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The City of Santa Ana has a diverse population of more than 23,000 Vietnamese Americans <br />including those families and individuals who are Vietnamese refugees from the Republic of <br />Vietnam who fled their country as a result of the Vietnam War. In the Vietnam War, which ended in <br />April 1975, the Government of the Republic of Vietnam and its armed forces, people, elected and <br />governmental officials struggled continuously and bravely to defend and protect the freedom, life, and <br />property of the people, and to safeguard the Republic and new born democratic government. During <br />the War, the United States and its allied armies also made enormous contributions and sacrifices in <br />protecting freedom, democracy, life and property of the Vietnamese people and the Republic of <br />Vietnam. <br />An organized effort by the Steering Committee for Republic of Vietnam Day Resolution is presently <br />underway to designate October 26 of each year, as Republic of Vietnam Day to honor the Republic of <br />Vietnam, and to commemorate the contributions and sacrifices of the army, people, elected and <br />government officials of the Republic of Vietnam as well as American soldiers, Vietnam War veterans, <br />allied armies and their families. October 26 was selected as an appropriate date because October 26, <br />1956 was the day the first Constitution of the Republic of Vietnam was proclaimed in Vietnam, initiating <br />the very first time that a true democracy was established in the history of the Vietnamese people. <br />55B -1 <br />