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FROM: CAMERON HARDING, COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR
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MOMENT IN REDONDO BEACH HISTORY
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Receive and file a report on a Moment in Redondo Beach History
BACKGROUND
The Historical Commission voted at the September 18, 2019 meeting to include a brief Moment in Redondo Beach History feature at all future meetings.
ALBERT P. ARIZMENDEZ MOMENT IN REDOND BEACH HISTORY
Redondo Beach's Sister Cities by Ron Maroko, Historical Commissioner
Redondo Beach has four Sister Cities: La Paz, Baja California, Mexico; Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico; Zhangjiagang, China; and Itoman City, Okinawa, Japan.
What is a Sister City? From a 1983 Redondo Beach program celebrating Sister City Cultural Exchange Week, "A Sister City is a two-way, people to people exchange of customs, ideas, and hospitality. It makes available a mutual bond between people of different countries and unfamiliar surroundings." From the www.redondosistercities.org website: "In 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower and the early pioneers of the sister cities movement believed that if people could cross national boundaries and get to know each other personally, their mutual respect and understanding could transform diplomatic relations."
In March, 1961, Redondo Beach became a Sister City with La Paz. Three years later, on February 3, 1964, the Redondo Beach City Council unanimously passed, and Mayor William F. Czuleger signed, Resolution 4042 welcoming Ensenada as a Sister City. In September of 2005, the Chinese Counsel General of Los Angeles visited Redondo Beach and proposed a Sister City relationship with Zhangjiagang. That visit culminated in Redondo Beach Resolution CC-00701-04 establishing a Sister City relationship with Zhanjiagang. Mayor Mike Gin signed that resolution. In July of 2012, Redondo Beach adopted its fourth Sister City, Itoman City, when the Council approved, and Mayor Gin signed, Res...
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