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City of <br />Elk - <br />River <br />13065 Orono Parkway <br />Elk River, MN 55330 <br />TO: City Council <br />MEMORANDUM <br />FROM: Mayor John Diet~~ <br />DATE: September 26, 2011 <br />SUBJECT: Yellow Ribbon City <br />INFE'~RMATIt~~I <br />As you may have heard Elk River is attempting to become a Yellow Ribbon City. There <br />are currently several of these in the state of Minnesota. <br />Basically, a Yellow Ribbon City is one that tries to identify and assist families who have <br />military personnel deployed somewhere in the world. In a smaller way it is meant to <br />assist all veterans. <br />We have a number of programs and agencies in place to help veterans and military <br />families in our area. It is a great asset to have many of those services at the Sherburne <br />County Government Center. The Yellow Ribbon program could simply be directing the <br />military families to agencies that already exist. It could involve mowing lawn for a family <br />to referring them to an agency to get financial counseling. It could run the gamut. <br />There is a Yellow Ribbon steering committee but there are also subcommittees involving <br />city leadership, public safety, faith-based organizations, veterans groups, civic <br />organizations, business, social services and education. <br />I am a member of the steering committee for the city portion. I would like to add other <br />members to my subcommittee. I would like another council member and a couple of staff <br />members to join me on this subcommittee. Meeting time for the subcommittee would be <br />minimal. Hopefully the subcommittee members would be involved in any events held in <br />connection with Yellow Ribbon. <br />Phone: 763.635.1000 <br />Fax: 763.635.1090 <br />www ci.elk-river.mn.us <br />