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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, September 14, 2020 6:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 2 of 26 PRESENTATION 12. PROCLAMATION FOR CONSTITUTION WEEK Crosby read a proclamation from Mayor Walsh: WHEREAS, It is the privilege and duty of the American people to commemorate the two hundred and thirty-third anniversary of the drafting of the Constitution of the United States of America with appropriate ceremonies and activities; and WHEREAS, Public Law 915 guarantees the issuing of a proclamation each year by the President of the United States of America designating September 17 through 23 as Constitution Week, NOW, THEREFORE I, Dennis Walsh by virtue of the authority vested in me as Mayor of the City of Orono in the State of Minnesota do hereby proclaim the week of September 17 thru 23, 2020 as CONSTITUTION WEEK And urge all citizens to study the Constitution and reflect on the privilege of being an American with all the rights and responsibilities which that privilege involves. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of Orono, Minnesota to be affixed this 14th day of September of the year two thousand twenty. Printup moved, Crosby seconded, to accept the proclamation. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. 13. PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL PREGNANCY AND INFANT LOSS REMEMBRANCE DAY Seals read a proclamation from Mayor Walsh: Whereas, Infants Remembered In Silence, Inc. (IRIS) and many other nonprofit organizations work with thousands of parents all over Minnesota and across the United States who have experienced the death of a child during pregnancy through early childhood; and Whereas, Many of these parents live in, deliver in, have a child die in, or a bury a child in our community; and Whereas, Infants Remembered In Silence (IRIS) a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization was founded 1987, 33 years ago, to offer support for parents whose child/children died from miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, molar pregnancy, stillbirth, neo-natal death, birth defects, sudden unexplained death of a child (SUDC), sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), illness, accidents, and all other types of infants and early childhood death; and Whereas, bereaved parents around the world remember their children annually on October 15 with candle lighting at 7 pm. Some will remember their child/children in their homes while others will remember them in small gatherings around the state, across the nation and around the world; and this would unify these parents in tribute to their children; and Whereas, in honor of the thousands of children that die each year in Minnesota, Infants Remembered In Silence, Inc. (IRIS) respectfully requests that October 15th, 2020 be recognized as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. NOW, THEREFORE I, Dennis Walsh by virtue of the authority vested in me as Mayor of the City of Orono in the State of Minnesota do hereby proclaim October 15, 2020 be recognized as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of Orono, Minnesota to be affixed this 14th day of September of the year two thousand twenty.