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FROM: Lee Price,City Clerk(
SUBJECT: CONSIDERATION OFANINVITATION BY"CITIES FOR PEACE"TO
SEND A COUNCIL DELEGATE TO WASHINGTON D.C. ON
FEBRUARY 13,2003
CAO RECOMMENDATION:
Consider Vice Mayor Mulholland's request to appoint a delegate from the City Council to go to
Washington D.C. for a special gathering on February 13, 2003,provided that private funding to pay
all costs associated with the trip can be secured.
DISCUSSION
At the Special Council Meeting on January 30`b, Vice Mayor Mulholland asked Council to
consider placing on the agenda for February 4t' an item concerning an invitation from"Cities for
Peace"to send a delegate from the Council to Washington D.C. to participate in the February
13`h gathering of city officials nationwide who have taken action to adopt resolutions in
opposition to a unilateral war with Iraq, if non-City funding is available from some outside
source(see Communications attached). Amajority of the Council agreed to place the matter on
the agenda for February 4t'for consideration.
Attachment: January 30, 2003 Communication from Vice Mayor Mulholland
See www.citiesforpeace.org for more information
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DATE: January 30, 2003 ATTACHMENT 1
TO: Mayor&Members of the City Council
FROM: Council Member Christine Mulholland
SUBJECT: Cities for Peace
RECOMMENDATION: Bring this matter back for Council consideration at the meeting of
February 4,2003
Please see the attached email communication from Erik Leaver. I intend to bring this matter up tonight
for consideration.
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From: Erik Leaver<erik@ips-dc.org>
To: <cmulholland@slocity.org> ATTACHMENT 1
Date: 1/30/03 6:59AM
subject Feb 13th, Cities for Peace
Dear Christine-
Good to talk with you yesterday.As promised, here is some written material
about our current project
As I mentioned to you,we at the Institute for Policy Studies are working
with several other organizations, including the Win Without War coalition,
to organize a gathering in Washington, DC on Thursday, Feb. 13 of
representatives from all the city councils that have passed resolutions
opposing a unilateral war with Iraq.We also want to include some mayors.
There are now over 50 cities that have passed such resolutions, and the
number is growing daily. Check out our website: www.citesforpeace.org
The plan is to have the city councillors and mayors ask for a meeting with
President Bush to discuss their concerns about the impact of a war on
cities in the US and to personally deliver copies of all the resolutions.
If the meeting is granted, great. If not, we would hold a press conference
in front of the White House.
Then the group will go up to Capitol Hill to meet with members of the House
and Senate.We are tentatively planning a luncheon on Capital Hill at which
members of Congress can come and meet the representatives from city govts.
We may also have some experts—former CIA and military officials, for
instance—to talk about alternatives to war in Iraq. Then the city
officials will go and call on their Senators and congressional offices.
For those who fly in Wed. night, we will have a gathering so that folks
from the various cities can get to know each other. We will prepare various
materials, including economic analysis of the impact of war on cities.
If possible, we are hoping some of these representatives will be able to go
up to New York for the big rally on Feb. 15. We will organize a bus or
other forms of transportation to NYC. IN NYC, there will be a meeting with
members of the NYC city council which is now considering a similar
resolution. We are hoping that the presence of mayors and city councillors
from around the country will help to pressure NYC into passing a resolution.
We are working with two public relations firms who will do a lot of press
work to ensure that this great gathering gets good coverage both in home
towns and nationally.
We are hoping that in some cases mayors and city councillors can cover
their own expenses or can raise funds from local peace groups, churches,
etc. But given the state budget crises,we are raising funds to help cover
the costs of the delegates.
Best,
Erik Leaver
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