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Approving the City Council’s appointment of Marquita Cammon to the Saint Paul Recovery Act Community Reparations Commission.
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WHEREAS, the Saint Paul City Council adopted Ordinance 22-52 on January 4, 2023 establishing the Saint Paul Recovery Act Community Reparations Commission (hereinafter referred to as the "commission"); and
WHEREAS, the Commission serves as an advisory body to the mayor and city council on matters related to repairing the damage caused by public and private systemic racism in the City of Saint Paul which resulted in racial disparities in generational wealth, homeownership, health care, education, employment and pay, and fairness within the criminal justice system among the American descendants of chattel slavery; and
WHEREAS, the commission shall consist of eleven (11) at-large members first appointed by the Saint Paul City Council through Resolution 23-969 on June 28, 2023; and
BE IT RESOLVED, the Saint Paul City Council appoints Marquita Cammon to fulfill the remainder of a (2) year term vacancy; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Saint Paul City Council is honored to appoint a new Commissioner to advance the work and fulfill the goals of the Reparations Commission.