PREPARED BY: MATT RODRIGUEZ DATE OF MEETING: 05/06/2024
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CONSIDER REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2024 AS NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Approve by Minute Order
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Compliance statements
Building a Healthy Community is a major policy goal in the recently adopted City Council Priority Work Plan FY 2023-25, adopted May 1, 2023.
BACKGROUND
The National Day of Prayer is an annual observance created in 1952 by a joint resolution of the United States Congress, and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman, that requires Presidents to declare an annual National Day of Prayer.
It states: "Whereas the Congress, by a joint resolution approved on April 17, 1952, has provided that the President 'shall set aside and proclaim a suitable day each year, other than a Sunday, as a National Day of Prayer, on which the people of the United States may turn to God in prayer and meditation."
Public Law 100-307, May 5, 1988
The President of the United States shall set aside and proclaim the First Thursday in May in each year, as a National Day of Prayer, on which the people of the United States may turn to God in prayer and meditation at churches, in groups, and as individuals. (See attached link for resource: https://law.justia.com/codes/us/1997/title36/chap9/sec169h)
Therefore, pursuant to the public law statute note above, the 2024 National Day of Prayer has been scheduled for Thursday, May 2, 2024.
2024 National Day of Prayer Proclamation Request
At the end of the City Council Special Meeting/Scheduled Public Budget Hearing on May 1, 2024, on motion made by Councilmember Pabon-Alvarado, duly seconded, the City Council approved by majority vote via minute order action to schedule formal consideration of a request to issue a Proclamation recognizing Thursday, May 2, 2024 as National Day of Prayer.
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