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CITY OF PALO ALTO OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
March 18, 2019
The Honorable City Council
Palo Alto, California
Proclamation Welcoming Exchange Students and Chaperones From
Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, Japan
ATTACHMENTS:
• Attachment A: Tsuchiura Japan (DOCX)
Department Head: Beth Minor, City Clerk
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Proclamation
WELCOMING EXCHANGE STUDENTS AND CHAPERONES
FROM TSUCHIURA, IBARAKI, JAPAN
WHEREAS, exchange programs between middle schools are the foundation of the Sister City
program, which attempts to promote international and intercultural understanding amongst our
youth and communities; and
WHEREAS, Palo Alto and Tsuchiura City have worked together to involve their respective
middle school students and their families in cultural and educational exchanges and special
programs; and
WHEREAS, the opportunity to host Tsuchiura students here in Palo Alto and to send Palo
Alto students to Tsuchiura, Japan has proven to be mutually beneficial; and
WHEREAS, the City of Palo Alto thanks Tsuchiura City for their generosity and hospitality
tended toward young people from Palo Alto since 1995.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Eric Filseth, Mayor of the City of Palo Alto, on behalf of the City
Council, hereby express our heartfelt welcome and record congratulations and the best wishes of
the City of Palo Alto to Ms. Wakako Hanyu, Mr. Kunihiko Hizawa and 16 students: Shoei
Kozawa, Issa Kubota, Haruka Onishi, Tomoya Kurusu, Yuto Saito, Shuma Takei, Sota Watanabe,
Koko Tohara, Nanami Takezawa, Honoka Uchida, Tomomi Aoyama, Mizuki Ichikawa, Mao
Nakamura, Iroha Fujiwara, Misaki Tamura, and Kokona Yamaguchi.
PRESENTED: March 18, 2019
SIGNED:
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Eric Filseth
Mayor