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SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL
MEETING DATE: November 16, 2011 AGENDA ITEM:
DEPARTMENT: City Manager’s Office CITY MANAGER: Dave Anderson
PREPARED BY: Crystal Morrow DIRECTOR: Dave Anderson
City Clerk
SUBJECT: Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month Proclamation
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Read and present the proclamation declaring November 2011 as Pancreatic Cancer Awareness
Month in the City of Saratoga.
BACKGROUND:
Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Approximately
279,000 people worldwide are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer each year. In the United States,
the survival rate of pancreatic cancer is just 6 percent. Worldwide the month of November is
recognized as Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month to help draw attention to this disease and the
need to advance understanding of how to prevent and treat pancreatic cancer.
Georgina Van Horn, from the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, will be present at the
November 16, 2011 meeting to accept the proclamation.
FISCAL IMPACTS:
N/A
CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:
The proclamation will not be presented.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
N/A
FOLLOW UP ACTION(S):
Implement Council direction.
ADVERTISING, NOTICING AND PUBLIC CONTACT:
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Pursuant to Government Code 54954.2, this item was properly posted as a City Council agenda
item and was included in the packet made available on the City’s web site in advance of the
meeting. A copy of the agenda packet is also made available at the Saratoga Branch Library each
Monday in advance of the Council meeting.
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment A: Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month Proclamation