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Home My WebLink About15636 1 RESOLUTION NO. 15,636 2 3 A RESOLUTION TO STATE THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF LITTLE 4 ROCK, ARKANSAS, FOR THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE AS THEY 5 HEROICALLY RESIST THE BLATANT AND UNWARRANTED 6 ATTACK ON THEIR FREEDOM BY RUSSIA; AND, FOR OTHER 7 PURPOSES. 8 9 WHEREAS, the independent, free, and democratic nation of Ukraine is resisting to the maximum 10 extent possible the unwarranted invasion of the country by Russia under pretexts raised by Russian 11 President Vladimir Putin; and, 12 WHEREAS, freedom loving people should be permitted to determine the nature of their government 13 without unwarranted and unwelcome outside interference; and, 14 WHEREAS,it is important for all who love freedom to lift their voices and show support for the people 15 of Ukraine against such despicable actions. 16 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY 17 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS: 18 Section 1. The Mayor and Members of the Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, 19 state their unqualified support for the people of the nation of Ukraine as they continue to resist in heroic 20 fashion the invasion by Russia at the direction of President Vladimir Putin;further,the Mayor and Members 21 of the Board of Directors condemn the actions of the nation of Russia in this invasion, and asks that all 22 freedom loving peoples in the world declare their unqualified support and intent to stand with the citizens 23 of Ukraine for freedom and justice. 24 Section 2. The City further notes and commends the action taken by the Fayetteville City Council as 25 demonstrated in Exhibit A to this resolution. 26 ADOPTED: M. h 8,2022 27 A , Ar, 28 �, 29 WARM ri-' 11111111 30 'usan )froll— iiiity ClerkFrank Scott or31 APPR • 10 LEGAL FORM: 32 33 C7 , --`— P h' — 34 Thomas M. Carpenter,th Att ne Page 1 of 9) 1 Exhibit A 2 3 FAYETTEVILLE,ARKANSAS MATERIALS AND RESOLUTION 4 1. Fayetteville,Ark.,Resolution No.53-22 (March 1,2022) 5 (2 pages) 6 A RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS THE SUPPORT OF THE 7 FAYETTEVILLE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE UKRANIAN 8 MILITARY AND THE UKRAINIAN CITIZENS'BRAVE DEFENSE 9 OF THEIR COUNTRY AGAINST THE UNPROVOKED,ILLEGAL, 10 AND BRUTAL RUSSIAN INVASION. 11 12 2. Text File:File Number 2022-0202 re: RESOLUTION 13 (2 pages) 14 3. Departmental Correspondence re: Resolution to support the 15 Ukrainian military and citizen volunteers in their resistance against 16 the Russian invaders 17 (2 pages) 18 4. AGENDA REQUEST FORM: Legistar ID No.2022-0202 19 (1 page) 20 // 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // 29 // 30 // 31 // 32 // 33 // 'Page 2 of 91 1 Of 2 .,y 4 ;r 3 4411 4 .N 5 1 13 West Mourtair Street Fayetteville.AR 72701 6 (479)575-8323 7 Resolution: 53-22 8 File Number: 2022-0202 9 10 CITY COUNCIL TO EXPRESS THE SUPPORT FOR THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY AND THE UKRAINIAN CITIZENS': 11 12 A RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS THE SUPPORT OF THE FAYETTEVILLE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY AND THE UKRAINIAN CITIZENS' BRAVE DEFENSE 13 OF THEIR COUNTRY AGAINST THE UNPROVOKED,ILLEGAL,AND BRUTAL RUSSIAN 14 INVASION 15 WHEREAS,Vladimir Putin and his spokesmen since at least November 12,2021 have consistently 16 and continuously lied about and denied their planned invasion of Ukraine;and 17 WHEREAS,as late as February 16,2022,Russia's media reported that"Russia's Defense Ministry 18 said Tuesday that some troops deployed from military districts bordering Ukraine were being loaded 19 onto trains and trucks and sent back to their garrison,marking Russia's latest step away from the threat of an invasion"(Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette 2-28-22 Editorial); and 20 21 WHEREAS, immediately before this illegal invasion began,Putin during a personal phone call with 22 French President Macron again lied that no invasion was planned;and 23 WHEREAS,this lie could not hide the truth that Russia began an unprovoked and illegal invasion of 24 Ukraine on several fronts shortly thereafter;and 25 WHEREAS,Ukrainian troops joined by thousands of Ukrainian civilian volunteers have bravely 26 rallied to the defense of their homeland, its democratic government and their own liberty to fight the Russian invaders. 27 28 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE,ARKANSAS: 29 30 // 31 // 32 // 33 // 34 // [Page 3 of 91 1 R.sok n: 53-22 2 File Number. 2022-0202 3 Section I:That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville,Arkansas hereby expresses its admiration 4 and full support for the Ukrainian military's courage and resolve and the Ukrainian patriots'brave and 5 heroic resistance against Russia's unprovoked,illegal,inhumane and intolerable invasion of the sovereign nation and the peace-loving citizens of Ukraine. 6 Section 2: that the City Council of the City of Fayetteville,Arkansas hereby calls upon all Fayetteville 7 citizens and businesses to visibly and loudly support and honor Ukraine's continuing heroic resistance 8 against the war criminal.Vladimir Putin,and his crony Kremlin supporters. 9 Section 3:That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville,Arkansas hereby supports the peace-loving 10 Russian people and request that they continue and increase their public opposition to this unprovoked, illegal,unjust and needless war against their neighbors as well as their opposition to this corrupt tyrant 1 1 who has even made veiled threats of nuclear war. 12 PASSED and APPROVED on 3/1/2022 13 Approv ,: Attest: 14 r1.1:,►��,,, 15i ,�. _ Q4/A , , :`• •i. 16 Kara Paxton,City Clerk Treasurer_ Lioneld .rd. , Mayor 17 // 18 // 19 // 20 // 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // 29 // 30 // 31 // 32 // 33 // 34 // ]Page 4 of 9] 1 oFrSat"tY City of Fayetteville, Arkansas •13West Mountain Street 2 . 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Fayetteville.AR 72701 079)575-8323 Text File 4 K""S' File Number: 2022-0202 5 Agenda Date:31112022 Version: ' Status:Passed 6 In Control:City Council Meetirg File Type:Resolution 7 Agenda Number: 1. 8 CITY COUNCIL TO EXPRESS THE SUPPORT FOR THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY AND THE 9 UKRAINIAN CITIZENS': 10 A RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS THE SUPPORT OF THE FAYETTEVILLE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE 11 UKRAINIAN MILITARY AND THE UKRAINIAN CITIZENS'BRAVE DEFENSE OF THEIR 12 COUNTRY AGAINST THE UNPROVOKED,ILLEGAL,AND BRUTAL RUSSIAN INVASION 13 WHEREAS,Vladimir Putin and his spokesmen since at least November 12,2021 have consistently and continuously lied about and denied their planned invasion of Ukraine;and 14 15 WHEREAS,as late as February 16,2022,Russia's media reported that"Russia's Defense Ministry said Tuesday that some troops deployed from military districts bordering Ukraine were being loaded onto trains and 16 trucks and sent back to their garrison,marking Russia's latest step away from the threat of an invasion" 17 (Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette 2-28-22 Editorial);and 18 WHEREAS,immediately before this illegal invasion began.Putin during a personal phone call with French 19 President Macron again lied that no invasion was planned;and 20 WHEREAS,this lie could not hide the truth that Russia began an unprovoked and illegal invasion of Ukraine 21 on several fronts shortly thereafter;and 22 WHEREAS,Ukrainian troops joined by thousands of Ukrainian civilian volunteers have bravely rallied to the defense of their homeland,its democratic government and their own liberty to fight the Russian invaders. 23 24 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE,ARKANSAS: 25 26 Section 1:That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville,Arkansas hereby expresses its admiration and full support for the Ukrainian military's courage and resolve and the Ukrainian patriots'brave and heroic resistance 27 against Russia's unprovoked,illegal,inhumane and intolerable invasion of the sovereign nation and the 28 peace-loving citizens of Ukraine. 29 Section 2:That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville,Arkansas hereby calls upon all Fayetteville citizens and businesses to visibly and loudly support and honor Ukraine's continuing heroic resistance against the war 30 criminal,Vladimir Putin,and his crony Kremlin supporters. 31 City of Fitycittoville.Atkasii s 32 // 33 // 34 II IPage 5 of 91 1 File Number:2022-0202 2 3 Section 3:That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville,Arkansas hereby supports the peace-loving Russian 4 people and request that they continue and increase their public opposition to this unprovoked,illegal,unjust and 5 needless war against their neighbors as well as their opposition to this corrupt tyrant who has even made veiled threats of nuclear war. 6 // 7 // 8 // 9 // 10 // 11 // 12 // 13 // 14 // 15 /1 16 // 17 // 18 // 19 // 20 // 21 // 22 // 23 /1 24 // 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // 29 // 30 // 31 // 32 // 33 City of Fayetteville,Arkansas 34 // (Page 6 of 9( 1 2 /1464 3 1 DEPARTMENTAL CORRESPONDENCE 5 OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY Kit Williams 6 City Attorney TO Mayor Jordan Blake Pennington Assistant City Attorney 8 City Council Kara Paxton,City Clerk/Treasurer Jodi Batker 9 Paralegal 10 CC: Susan Norton,Chief of Staff Paul Becker,Chief Financial Officer 11 12 FROM: Kit Williams,City Attorney 13 DATE: March 1,2022 14 RE: Resolution to support the Ukrainian military and citizen volunteers in their 15 resistance against the Russian invaders 16 After months of lies by Vladimir Putin and his cronies that he was not planning 17 to invade Ukraine despite massing almost all of Russia's army on the Ukraine border, 18 Vlad gave the illegal order for Russia's unprovoked attack guaranteeing thousands of deaths. Ukraine had never threatened Russia nor its people before this massive 19 unprovoked Russian invasion.Putin has now attained war criminal status. 20 If Putin believed that the Ukrainian military and its patriotic citizens would 21 surrender without a fight, he was sorely mistaken. It is clear that the Russian army is 22 much larger and better equipped than Ukraine's military.True heroism occurs when an outmanned and outgunned force stands strong and resolute against a larger and more 23 powerful invader. History has revealed that sometimes, "it is not the size of the dog in 24 the fight,but the size of the fight in the dog." 25 Ukraine may eventually be overwhelmed by the much larger invading Russian 26 army, with support of the Russian Air Force and Navy, but one must admire the courage and determination of the Ukrainian military and especially its patriotic 27 leadership and citizens in their defense of the liberty and homeland. 28 Attached is the informative Editorial of the Northwest Arkansas Democrat 29 Gazette of Monday, February 28, 2022 detailing Putin's lies and duplicity leading up to 30 this unprovoked and illegal invasion. 31 // 32 // 33 // 34 // (Page 7 of 91 1 EditorialPage Ntw:3rwyR I AskAtM,DelT1041'di (,A2cdde 7 80•MONDAY,FEBRUARY 28.2022 3 EDITORIALS k """'"" i t• si • �s� �s�a 1 ti,,n 5 I e.circ TfieaETTERs tvrlcE ;Iii\\\f ;'< / N1T IAttDFM oQ 6 a' .. y4 li 7 ate,', ^� ll� f ` i ; t59r• t ,. 8 ,.,- �•. � ams .4). c -Jc K: r / t • 10 to `,...:1er�1 �`,�Ff= Jllfl•`:>� ` • -.is .. r r r.:> 4 +► 1 ..:atRii: tea--"..zinc p. ... 11 io-a,i.., 12 COLUMNIST 13 Who but us? enrol to much of the sktftidisus r, Ovn1011 14Feting Amcrieris maro vr>hent in the v s'ir's Sr.Ukraine is the gaescon:"Who m are wee- Bret 1 5 who are we.with:sur long history of iiwn- N.' J >wns an!inlervrmiuns.to lecture Vladimir Stephens Petit about respttline national savereigrrr, mil h and intenutarual law?1VIsn are we,withoar16 ^7 r • 17/ its own spores'string content The al argument.then Ict tb.c chips(all 1 8 second app could be operated with where they may. 19 Duplicity,you say? 20 Wait here while we clutch ourpearls ........... arls ,1an.,11:At a press conference.the Ukraine was uodetway and none was Russian deputy foreign minister:n Ge- planned.But the Kremlin said in er A...I1Da0CW,P-Guzet cv no Ilea—f swan dose very fake t.' nein sold:"-Essentially i;i'-said that official response to:he Widen admin':. 21 1 ive thanks to fxlchecknry I:w SB In a radio interview.Russian Russia wants to trade its,quote-un- nation's misused accuuty assurances (v7 malty eons ides on die since- foreign M.iniater 5.•rpc- lavrov said: quite.threat against Ukraine for more that rhe others were unsatisfactory and tie.and our own news r "There wan-r be..era,as I n'a it dr- flexibility on the part of U.S.and the Russia mina hare to resort to unspeci- 22pipe- West.This s ata the case because we fed'military-technical meawrea•" archives learned tat Weer,the rest of pends on the Riolan a wen t n.ci our have no infection to invade Ukraine. is basealearned smells IsSnoo when don't wins a war.Ilut We cern 1 kt our And thus,there is nothing to made resident of France Emmanuel dealing wall the Russcoy. and Vls nmrrests he rudely trampled on and ill- with" Macron told the[saR:rs talc!ata 23 imir Putin With this goy,maybe she noted' week that here seas du Ina standard operating phrase dieted be Fels 12: Sergey Lavine was on a Ian. Russe Astop diplomat press ecazoep L1on't thus,past Verily. phnnv tall with this nation's secretary cd that Russian top diplomat Bees rhe on Vladimir Tuhn's Pay viten they NOV-o penis a('nknr,spokesman of stale,and accused Our U's se Slags atgry when rejecting itgratrons of a bled on the,hone several tunes be- n p looming invasion.accusing the United tore the ir>iA1en"Yea,there was du- 24 for Mad he lmpalcr,said this about of e against in a propaganda earn du- Stows of Rrtal disinformation.` pli:ity,"he said."Yes,there was a do- plans r plans his euntry had for invading psi nagainst eigna-On tic same day, ;an.2k Ata daily briefing is Men- bberate,wnscisnu choice su :.tome Ukraine:The eery idea was"a hollow Plain's top fon ign policy Alin btliShed cow, the spokesman for President ver when we could ma negotiate 25 and unfounded attempt fsde incite ten- at.dr all tt invasion wit rings,ssyng Twin said"In general,we state and peace: dons"And`Russia doesn't threaten the Silpo "las s,mph•been bowucld would like in draw your attention cu bo Yen.think' anyone.The muremeG of cause on to the point of absurdity: the(act that the escalation of tension The rest dew world needs to keep our senitosy shouldn't tie a eauu for fob. 13: When Anterwan spanks is carried out through information ac- this m mind when dealing with thea 26 anyone's concern' rstartedacism spreading th;wore I,it txa a and sunrise actions taimn by the folks again Nov.21:Mn Prsknv again:This hos- rasion enu•d hayinn any d.qt tie Ras—Untied Sites of Anse:sirs:cad NAITy. Breaking Yews: Friday morning. 27 teria is being artificially whipped up ss Fu mtt't MiMinistry',spspokespersonSpec►ir g alwur information actions,I Russia put out mud that it was`open We arc being seised of tome kind of san "American pcbUgans lace bed, mein the infarmalion hysteria that we as negotiations-and may agree In talks unusual military activity en ear ter- aleet lying aid will continue In be.ere- or witnessing.It is genRlWdy framed n regard is Ukr w. ritory by Ihax who have brought In ike pretest in attack eiaillans,,,,,,,,ds huge amount of false mbrrransre. Ikons anybosty slicer that' 28 their armed farces from aCr SS the the world.' L ocean.That is,the United States of Feb.14:"flue lovers say"Riled:ea America.It's nut really logical or pin [Menlo Ministry sant 'llusday that (.4ysTi;z'L�T AFI:A:•N\s 29 tit." some troops dep:nye.l from military Nov alt Nov 22: Mr l'eaknr in Pnrda. districts bordering Ukraine wire tasty; Democrat>•�.Q jizettC which ism say.to las awes people: Yarded unto trains and(rusks and scot I owner ma ore,Me.w WEoCi.ver. 30 `horst bees not harbor am agfreSwee hawk to their garrison Hun Ruj Walter L Mustrrsa,Jr.,Fubns,er phis It isenteptetely Wrong to say the si:ys latest step allay th ay trona e threat tat opposite.and it is completely wrong an insasion:HMO cutmuandcrs>aid Brent A.powers musty turner Greg marten to useaiaa n any mewcrnt e>(en:Ito, that sounded goodand all,Inu they P,cvdrtn fdr:r EdrlrrVan.FJkr 31 Sian Armed Forces across the terrilry hadn't noticed any such thing. of our couturewith such plans.This a r>Feb. 17 According to tlkomnbc,g: lite Thnrrpuvs hm Tully Carla Wdner ..•• •• Managing(ddsr SWsc.ben SuM:rs lhnrlo. Overlie n'I nvro 32 33 // 34 // . 1Page 8 of 911 1 2 Legistar ID No.: 2022-Oa Dc 3 4 AGENDA REQUEST FORM 5 6 FOR: Council Meeting of March 1, 2022 7 8 FROM: Council Members Teresa Turk and Holly Hertzberg 9 10 ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION TITLE AND SUBJECT: 11 A RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS THE SUPPORT OF THE FAYETTEVILLE CITY COUNCIL 12 FOR THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY AND THE UKRAINIAN CITIZENS' BRAVE DEFENSE OF THEIR COUNTRY AGAINST THE UNPROVOKED, ILLEGAL,AND 13 BRUTAL RUSSIAN INVASION 14 15 APPROVED FOR AGENDA: 16 17 /{r:!?�c-n� 2 2 S- Z z- 1 8 City Council Member Date Teresa Turk 19 20 vki 1.1 er"r'( Z - 2k - ZZ 21 City Council Member Date Holg Hertzberg 22 23 ..c t i� — Lig Z� Z,) 24 City Attorney Kit Williams Date Approved as to form 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // 29 // 30 // 31 // 32 // 33 // 34 // 'Page 9 of 91