HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 07211992 - 1.25 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
IN THE MATI'E'R OF RESOLUTION NO. 92/491
Congratulating the City of Antioch and
the Antioch Sister City Organization
on the 25th anniversary of the
• establishment of their Sister City
Program with Chicibu,Japan
,in 1956 the President of the United States instituted the People-
to-People Program to establish greater friendship and understanding between the peoples
of the United States and other nations through the medium of direct personal contact; and
WHEREAS,in 1967 the City of Antioch,in endorsement of the People-to-
People Program, extended an invitation to the Government and people of the City of
Chicibu, Japan, to participate with Antioch as its Sister City in order to better understand
one another as individuals, as members of their community, as citizens of their Country and
as part of the family of nations; and
WHEREAS,then Mayor Verne Roberts, City of Antioch, and Mayor Benjuro
Kuki, Chichibu, did firmly establish a lasting bond between these two cities; and
WHEREAS,since that beginning approximately 100 Antioch students and
adults have stayed with Chichibu families on the average of 3-4 weeks each and
approximately 250 Chichibu students and adults have stayed with Antioch families on the
average of 1-2 weeks each; and
WEERFAS,the Antioch Sister City Organization for four years provided a
teacher who spent the year in Chichibu teaching English; and
WHEREAS,both cities have established parks in the name of the other and
have presented each other with gifts representing their cultures and native areas; and
WHEREAS,the City of Antioch will be celebrating"Sister City Days"July 29
through August 14, 1992, to coincide with the visit of 15 Chicibu citizens and students and to
commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the Sister City Program;
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,CALIFORNIA,does hereby
congratulate the City of Antioch and the Antioch Sister City Organization on the 25th
Anniversary of their establishment of the Antioch Sister City Program with the City of
-Chicibu,Japan.
PASSED by unanimous vote of the Board Members present of this 21st day of
July, 1992.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an order
entered on the minutes of said Board of Supervisors of the date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed on this
21st day of July, 1992
Clerk of the Board of
Supe ors and Coun Administrator
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By:
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Introduced by:
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Tom Torlakson
Supervisor,District V