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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - June 7, 1993 Page - 21 - EULOGY FOR MAYOR DAVE KARP Syd Sadeghi , President of the Floresta Baseball League, noted he is conducting fund raisers for youth sports. He noted a "Help the Kids" dinner dance will be held at the Community Library and will be dedicated to Mayor Karp, with a presentation to Mrs. Karp. Council Member Myers said he has been on the Council just over a year and was on the BZA and a number of committees. He said, during that time, his dealings with Dave were political . Being on the Council for the past year, he came to know and respect Dave and considered him as a friend. He read the following statement: "Dave was very easy to talk with and would always give you a straight answer if you asked for one, and sometimes even if you didn't ask for one. It was not until I attended a few meetings with Dave that I found out how respected and influential Dave was throughout the country. From San Leandro to Washington, D.C. , Dave was always selling and lobbying for the City of San Leandro. Dave and Marcia had an incredible amount of energy. They • were always on the go. They shared their lives with the citizens of San Leandro. Nothing was too big for Dave. He set goals, steered a course, and stayed right on until completion. Dave Karp dedicated his waking hours to the City of San Leandro. Dave's legacy will go on, and his work will never be forgotten throughout the City. Dave was a family man, business man, politician, and a friend. The City of San Leandro, citizens, friends, and myself will surely miss our Mayor, Dave Karp. " Council Member Polvorosa said he has known Dave Karp for many years and remembers him coming to his parents' home when he was first running for City Council . He said he came to know Mayor Karp when he joined the City Council . He said Mayor Karp was more than a politician - he did a lot of things for the community that aren't readily observed, that wouldn't have happened without him. He said the community lost not only a Mayor, but a good friend. Council Member Corbett remembered sitting through the last night for various Council Members on the Council and wondering what she would say at the end of her term. She said it would have been difficult for Mayor Karp to finally say goodbye and reflect on what he had done for the City, so it was poetic for the Council to say goodbye to him. She said the Council is a family and remembered people asking Mayor and Mrs. Karp at events if she was their daughter. She said she got to know Dave as a brother - they would get mad and argue with each other, then put their arms around each other and go on and work together. She said she got to know him as a dad, because he looked after the City Council , providing schedules of events. She got to know him as a grandpa, when she had her first child. She said Dave became a grandpa right before she and Mark became parents, and he discussed children with her. She related an incident when her son, Ryan, was quite young, and she brought him to a committee meeting. She said he started