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M I NUT E S e Eugene City Council City Council Chamber October 27, 1986 7:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Richard Hansen, Debra Ehrman, Emily Schue, Cynthia Wooten, Freeman Holmer, Ruth Bascom, Roger Rutan, Jeff Mill er. The adjourned meeting of October 15, 1986, of the City Council of the City of Eugene, Oregon, was called to order by His Honor Mayor Brian B. Obie. I. REPORT OF 1986 EUGENE SISTER CITY DELEGATION TO KAKEGAWA, JAPAN Mayor Obie said the 1986 Eugene Sister City delegation to Kakegawa, Japan, represented the City with flair, enthusisiam, and clarity. He introduced Ted Baker, chairperson of the Sister City Committee, who said the delegation left the United States on September 30, 1986, and returned on October 15, 1986. He said Mayor Obie and Mrs. Obie provided excellent leadership for the delegation. e Mr. Baker introduced delegation members Henry Rust, Hope Pressman, Karen Obie, and Gretchen Pierce. Mr. Rust discussed the meetings he, Vicki Dietmeyer, and Mayor Obie had with Japanese business people. Ms. Dietmeyer is Executive Director of the Metropolitan Partnership. Ms. Pressman discussed the delegation1s visit to the Kakegawa City Hall. She said Mayor Obie's speech to the Kakegawa City Council was enthusiastically received. Ms. Pierce discussed the establishment of a sister-school relationship between a Japanese middle school and Eugene's Shasta Middle School. Ms. Obie discussed her visit in the home of the Mayor of Kakegawa and his wife. Mr. Baker submitted a scrap book containing pictures of the trip and Ms. Pressman submi tted a copy of a Japanese newspaper article about the delegation to the council. Mr. Baker suggested the council watch a video tape of the delegation's visit some other time. He displayed framed, handmade copies of the Kakegawa and Eugene City emblems and a photograph of Mount Fuji that were gifts to the City of Eugene from the City of Kakegawa. He presented the gifts to Mayor Obie and said they symbolize gratitude for the delegation's visit and the sister city relationship. Mr. Baker said the sister city relationship has cultural and educational value and should be nurtured diligently by the City Council and the Sister City Committee. He said each delegation should have an official representative of the Mayor and council, each delegation should discuss economic development with the people of Kakegawa, and student, civic club, and other types of exchange programs between the two cities should be encouraged. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 27, 1986 Page 1