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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996-04-09 ProclamationCit ol owa Cit M0nt~ of. ~ri[ marks the 28th a. nnlrers~ of.the ~ignlng, o{,t~e National Fair Housing Law. This law provides that it s~an be unlawful "to dlscrimlnate aga~-st a~y p~erson in terms. conchtions, o~ privilege, oi:,~e,.s~e or rental ofa a~/elling ?r $n the pro?isiou ot services. or tacilities. in eon.n~.?iop ~wim because.or .r~.ce, color, rehgxon, sex, national origin, familial status, and dmbility. l~em( 0f equal bou~inE 0pp0rtmt~ is one of the most serious chalhn~es a community can ~ace. It is a ehalhnge that must be met an~l surmounted l~st it erode the vital socia~ s~tnLctu~e .that holds a communi.ty together and ghes it shape and dimensmn. The need for shelter is an essential human need. The right to freely choose a place to live is a l~asic human right and discrimination in l~o, us~ng not only is ag4nst~e law, it is con~ary to our own sense ot what our country sho~mean to us ana to others. ~rce are ~0l~t~lr~ pr0gramg in ~p~o~ of fa~ hous~g ~at we as conce~e~ ~e~s ~. j~ ~a ~ppo~ at ~ve~eve[ ~ o~ co~ ~d m o~ J~bs. lh~re are ~son~U pro~ssxon~ ~s ~at we c~ ~d must ch~e.. lhes~ e~o~ ~e ~ ~d j~t apd nec~s~ ~ ~e ~ m~e~a~ ~g a ~as~c ~g~t ~or o=~e~ves ana o= n~g~rs. ~w, ~e~F, ,I, ~o~.J. Noq&, ~a~or 9f 6~, Ci~ pf l~w, Ci¢, Iowa, ao here~ ~nate~e mon~ o~Ap~, 1996, to be in I¢~a Cl~y.o..I ur~.e ¢ .o;~ o? ~tZe/~s. to join i~ O~ o~?ervanc~ .by res,lvin~to Hght &scrimimtion m their personal .da, ily lives. an.d .by making~emselves aware o~ the Fair Housing Law and the ways m which it applies to our comm,nlty. (J l-~ayor S. igne4 i~ Iow.~ City, Iowa, th;s 9th day o~: April 1996 d Cit ~//, the Community Developmen[ Block Grant (CDBG) Prodram ha~ operaled since 197~ to provide localdovernmen~s wi~ ~e resources requ/red to meet the needs of~versons oi low and moderate income, and CDBG funds ~e use~ ~y thousands of non- proof ordan/zat~ons throughout ~e nation to address pressi-~ neigl~borl~ood and human service needs; and ~ta//, the CDBO program is one of the few remaining Federal programs that ~rovid~s local governments with the resources to meet the needs of our lower income residents by fund~g neighborhood revita~ation, houririg rehabilltat~on, public improvements, job tr~ining and human services; and ~ag, the Community Development Block Grant program has had a slg, ifican~ impact on our ]~oeal economies threngl~ job creation and retention, physical redevelopment and improved local tax bases; and ~tI~t~g, Iowa City recognizes that the CDBG Program is a pa~ershlp of Federa~ and local govennnent, as well as, community organizations, and relies he~v/ly on the dedication and good will of our combined efforts; and ~I~trt. ag, .Ap~.ril 11, 1996, has been reserved for recognition ~d apprecuation of the C~BG and other Housing and Commumty Development progran~, ~W, ~rtfi)rt, I, Naomi J. Noviek, Mayor of the City of Iowa City, Iowa, hereby proclaim April 11, 1996, to be in Iowa City, and call upon all citizens of o~r City to participate in ceremonies and activities celebrating the Community Development Block Grant Program. ~.i.gned in Iowa Ci~t Iowa, 9th day of April, 1996. of ]Iot a ~tI3~g, six n~ilhon Jews were systematically murdered by Nazi Germany and its colla]zorators from 1933 to 1945, as well as hnn&eds of thousands of Sinti and Roma (.Qyps~es) and the handicapped; millions of Poles, religious and pol~tlcal dissidents, Jehov~'s Witnesses, and homosexuals suffered grievous oppression and death under Nazi tyranny; and ~8.~rea~, 1996 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the International Mihtary Tribunal's trial at Nuremberg of twen.ty-two major Nazi leaders, and the continuation of subsequent mi~tary trill,hals, at Nuremberg as well as in other Allied-occupied sectors of Germany, to try a~]Aitional Nazi c~,~ds; and ~e]:~, the charter for the Nuremberg Tri~ established, for the first ti~e in international law, that climes agslnat humanity as well as crimes againet ~eace and war crimes were vanlshable, thus making those responsible for government l~ohcies t~at resu]ted in aggressive war and genocide accountable for ~he~r actions; and ~ff~g, Americans recog~i~.e that in addition to the need for international law to provide judicial accountability for crimes against humanity, each citizen is ~esponslble for eternal vigilance against all tyranny and for speaking out agalnnt such tyranny~ and ~]:eag, Tuesday, April 16, 1996, has been designated, p~rsuant to an Act of Congress, as a Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust, known internationally as Yore Hashoah, ~, ~'e~0r~, I, Naomi J. Novick, ~ayor of the City of Iowa City, Iowa~ do her.eby proclaim the week of Sunday, April 14 through Sun~y, Ap~ 21, 1996, to be of ]0otocau t in Iowa City in memo_ry of those victims and in the hope that we will strive, as a nation and individually, to overcome bigotry, hatred and indifference through education, tolerance and reinentrance.. ~,~a.~: .. S. ignec~ in Iowa City~ Iowa, 9th da; 1996. jowa ~eltg, there are more than 265,000 laboratory personnel, including pathologists, medical technologists, medical laboratory scientists, speci~ists, and teehnleians at work in almost 40,000 hospi~Is and independent laboratories in the United States; and ~tjrr~g, these highly trained and dedicated health professionals make an inval~xable contribution to quality health care and save countless lives each day by providing reliable laboratory test results requi~ed for the prevention, dete~on, diagnosis, and treatment of disease; and ~t[~eag~ laboratory medicine is an honorable profession which should be recognized by all individuals as vital to the high standards of health care enjoyed in the United States, fl)ere~l~t, I, Naomi J. Novlck, Mayor of the City of Iowa City, Iowa, do hereby proclaim the week of April 15-20, 1996, to be in Iowa City and ~.~e all citizens to recognize the vital role these professionals play in me health care field. Signed in Iowa City, Iowa, this 9th day of April, 1996. Cit o{ Iowa Citl, P~Ma~ell~a, P~ennsylva~-~o, in 1~8~ by a grou~ o~ d~-heri~ed _A_~can descendants~ and ll~r~tt~, B.th.1 Afvica~. Me~o.dlst Episcopal C~c~ Ra, ~,~s~.~ Iowa Ci~ ~ 1868 ~ ~e cornerstone ~e~g l~d on Ap~ 1 oi ~at s~e ye~, and ~i~ of v~g me~ers~n ~ has, ~ ~e last ye~, e~ence~ congregaflon~ gro~ o{ ~ost 100%, ~ ~g ~e 1930s ~d 1940s ~e parsonage o~n se~ed as housing ll~lJ~l:gitg,.Bethel A.M.E. Church is celebrating is 128th ~,,,-iversary on April 19, 1996, and i~lJJ~, 9n, behalf of ~e citizens o,f Iowa City, we ,wish to exten~l our heartieit congratuiatio.ns on ~ _occa.sion.~a to express our e.xpectatlon t~,t Bethe! A.M.E. Church will l~e a part o~ Iowa City's future as well as our past, _~I~OW, fiJ~gf0re, I, Naomi J. Novick., Mayor of the City of Iowa City, Iowa, ~lo hereby proclaim April 19, 1996, to be in Iowa City and urge all residents to become awaxe of the hlstor~ of the ch~ch as well as of the work currently being accomphshed~ by its igne ow.a Ci owa~ .. '- . this 9th ~y oi April, 1996. :... ...-. ",~i, "-~ II Cit d maintain our ckiIdren'e henlth and. well-being; and. ~mrm~nlzed. by the t~me 'they enter sebool~ one-~'.h~rd., o~ our preschoolera ia'il to get the pro.~er; .mmunlzat/ona,_ ~and in dties, t~e immunization rate is as low as 40 to 50 percent; ~r~, the CD~ren's ~on Network and a coarsen ~ealth, dereminent an~ co .mm~m. lty or~aniza~ons, .hlciudJng ~he~ o~ce o~the Surgeon Ge.n.eral ~d the Centers for Disease Co.ntro.l and Prevention, have ;ome~ toget. l~er to launch the National Immunization Campaign; and Irnm!mization Campaign is undertal~g a~. pt~s~ve etiort,t,o ~accinate children ku~r two years at _r,~k ior preventa~.,le ¢~fi] .d~ood .diseases ]~y expanchng cli~nlc ~ours, ,inc~e ,a~..~he n-mher o~ irnn~..igation screenlnds at hos~ital~ and c'.iiplcs~ dlstri~uting educatlon~l materials, ~nd provlc~mg access to local hotlyriss; ~W, ~twiart, I, Naomi J. Novick., Mayor of the City of Iowa City, Iowa, do hereby proclaim April 21-27, 1996 to be in Iowa City and call upon all the residents of this great .city to join .wi.'th me in sunnedting the goals and a~vities of the National Immm~ization Campaig~to ensue t~at oux c~dren are fizl]y immunized by age two. S. igned in Iowa City~ Iowa, t~ 9th d~y of,~p~, ~99~. Citp at ]aWa Citp '~tl~r~, the Iowa City Chapter ~f the Iowa Association for.~ Ed~catlon of Ymu~d C~ilcl~en, th~ Comm--~ty Coordinatedql~ld ~are (4Cs}, and. o..tlier ~ocal, org~izati.ons, ip~c. onjun ~c~i'o.~,with the ~ational As~oaatio;n tgr, th~auca~io~ o~ IQung t~h,ar~n, ar~ sponsoring the Week otthe Ioung Child, April 21-27, 1990, and m~era~, chil.d. ren~s riXhts, asd ~nee~ds are 9! .u,~ost~ impo~cance ix/, our commumty, me V~e.~ ot the,Zo~g el/rid ~s observed a/r~u.~y to .celebrate loung craigten and to increase awareness m cm~acare 18811e8~ ano. o c en, these protessx a~ grou s hope torove th Y .g . ~. ~ ~]]ty ~l~ilt~se programs as w~as to trotlate new o~?n~gs, an~ ~IlJ~re~Ig.,. these improved pfforts, will.s~r~e to ensu:r. e that our.~,gung ~hildren, regardless o~racial, ~oa~l or. ec~ponn%stat~s, .wi~ havq l~een give~ the opportunity to ~evelop mte~ectua~y, p~ysxcauy ana emotionaUy, aria m~er~ape.,~ooperat~o~ ~.o.~ ~om~, ~c~oo1~4 comm,~-~ty ~s needed to ~ our responsi~iUties to young c~a~lren, aria ~t~erv~,.br ~,ecom~ng awar~,of the, v.on~ut~ona o.f adn#nl.'s ,trato, rs anft all,c¥1~.care. worl~ers, ~e~p.~lic wm~appremte thetr hara wor~ aria aeaicaUon to young cmmren, aria ~t~r~ag, childcare se;vi? are a necessity to fa .mil?s irt the work force, we/nys.~ ~tress ~e. unportance o~ c0mmumcaUon~etween parents O~q~. en~l~leare ~orkers~ i I ' Si,~ned in Iowa City, Iowa, t,~ 9th day of Ap~, 1996. ~m, t~ere~m, I, Naomi_J: No.,tick, ~Iaygr of.~he City of Iowa City, Iowa, do hereby prochun the week o[April 21-27, 1990, to ~e i~, the City of Iowa City,. and u[ge a~l ci~ens,lq~. ppo~t and enf~utrage all organizations in our c~ty wor~ing for me we~-~emg ot young cm~aren. E) o! Iota Cit ) comm~n;~ s[nce 1970 an~ during the weel~ ot April ~l-Z~, lt)t)O, will obse~e the 26th ,-,;versary of services to the connn,,-;ty, and ~er~g, the wide range of services at the Crisis Center has tonched the lives of many. people of all ages and backgro~mds through the provision o~ sl;ort-term com~sehng,. suicide prevention, /ntervention and -ost-ventlon, ~-~ormation and re!erral, Food Bank, Project Ho~dey, transient transportation assistance, and connn-nity education, and ~[~J~r~, the Crisis Center provided 69,818 services during 1995 through the effo~ of 140 dedicated Volunteers from the comm-n~ty, and ~re~g, it is fittingthat.we take notice _of and express appreciation for the efforts of the Cns~s Center Sta~ and Volunteers, ~ef~re, I, Naomi J. Novlck, Mayox of .the City of Iqw~ C. ity, Iowa, do hereby procl~,n the week of April 21-28, 1996, to ~e Crisis C nt r · ~ _ ~.~ .-2 ..L ~11 ~:"~no to ~-unport the C_,4_s~ Center ~d ' t ancotage people m nee~ to ~ o ~e ~nter for assis~ce. Signed in Iowa City~ Iowa: t~ 9th day of April, 1996.