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City of Palo Alto (ID # 7636)
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Report Type: Special Orders of the Day Meeting Date: 1/23/2017
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Summary Title: Proclamation Honoring Annie Folger
Title: Proclamation Expressing Appreciation to Annie Folger for Outstanding
Public Service on her Retirement
From: City Manager
Lead Department: City Clerk
Attachments:
Attachment A: Proclamation Expressing Appreciation to Annie Folger for Outstanding
Public Service on her Retirement
Proclamation
Expressing Appreciation to Annie Folger
for Outstanding Public Service on Her Retirement
WHEREAS, Annie Folger has served as Founder, Board Member, Associate Director and Executive
Director of the Midpeninsula Community Media Center since the mid-80’s – opening the doors for business in
January 1990; and
WHEREAS, during her 15+ years as Executive Director, she oversaw many initiatives that benefitted
residents including televising and archiving Council and Commission meetings and producing voter resources;
and
WHEREAS, Annie Folger supervised the purchase and building of a state-of-the-art Community Media
Center with a high-definition TV studio providing a venue for individual expression, local issues, cultural
exchange, arts appreciation and civic engagement, where hundreds of community members have produced local
TV shows; and
WHEREAS, during her tenure as Executive Director, the Media Center made major strides in numerous
areas including more than doubling its staff, budget, and the number of cable TV channels it programs, becoming
a Santa Clara County Green Certified Building, and cultivating a thriving array of summer media camps for
youth; and
WHEREAS, under her guidance the Media Center developed many program initiatives including Youth
Sports Broadcasting, the Made Into America immigration stories archive, the “Zoom In” collaborative for
documentary producers, an annual “Greenlight” Environmental Youth Video Festival, an annual “Local Heroes”
awards event, and garnering the 2012 Overall Excellence Award for Programming from the National Alliance
for Community Media; and
WHEREAS, Annie Folger defended and advocated for community access media in California and nationally
as a Far West Region Board Member where she participated in state government legislation negotiations and
provided testimony to a Congressional subcommittee.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, H. Gregory Scharff, Mayor of the City of Palo Alto, on behalf of the City Council
and the Cable Joint Powers Authority, do hereby commend Annie Folger for her years of dedication and
outstanding public service.
Presented: January 23, 2016
______________________________
H. Gregory Scharff
Mayor