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COUNCIL COMENTS: SEPT. 20,1999 By Garry Loeffler, District 5 FOR THE RECORD Graffiti REPORT to Council: I must commend our City staff for doing a great job. I know it is a very difficult challenge. In some ways the graffiti may be public art? The side walls of the Skate Board Park may be appropriate? Under the Bancroft Bridge..maybe we need a Bancroft Creek Mural? I hope we can find ways to channel the artistic talents of our community... new murals? 2. Filipino Community: Commend them for their cultural celebration of Pena Francia, drawing together the Filipino community from around the Bay Area. Very grateful to Bessie Parafina for her leadership and inspiration of our Filipino community. Mayor did a great job of appointing her as our "Honorary Ambassador to Naga" our sister city in the Philippines. I look forward to our plans to celebrate our Sister City Program. I commend our staff and the emerging Senior Resources Foundation for our annual Senior Resources Fair. I will defer to the Mayor for the recognitions. I heard many positive remarks from seniors about the event and survey of seniors. I hope we will see greater visibility of our police and fire staff in promoting Neighborhood Emergency Response Teams (NERTS). Many of our seniors are retired with skills from the military, medical service, and public safety. I think they have a vital role to serve, should Mother Nature give us a shake up... or any disaster. 4. Commend Friends of San Leandro Creek for its Saturday efforts to clean our natural environment. We continue to pull grocery carts out of the creek. I commend the many citizens, scouts, seniors, Friends..in clearing the debris collected in the creek. Glad to see efforts have been taken to secure property along the creek from any potential high water. Commend Pam & Rick Richards for their on-going leadership in maintaining our San Leandro Creek. 5. Commend the Best Manor Neighborhood Association for its annual summer picnic at Semper Verde Park. It is a real tribute to Glenn & Bea Hilton for their efforts to continue to provide leadership in one of our neighborhoods. I hope we will continue to find ways to promote our neighborhoods through our Neighborhood Empowerment Funds. 6. 100 YEARS: recognition of our Seniors. Today, I am not aware of any formal city efforts to honor those who achieve 100 years of life. We have many citizens who today achieve this wonderful goal. I think it is time that we create a new award for our citizens who achieve this remarkable moment. I would propose that the Mayor's Human Relations Committee consider appropriate activities and awards to our 100 year old Citizens.