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<br /> <br />'\ <br /> <br />San Mateo County Historical Association <br />2200 Broadway <br />Redwood City, California 94063 <br />650.299.0104 <br />650.299.0141 fax <br />www.historysmc.org <br /> <br />EXHIBIT <br /> <br />September 26, 2008 <br /> <br />1DJ~@~O\Yl~rnl <br /> <br />lJl) Si:r 3 0 2008 ~ <br />CITY OF REDWOOD CITY <br />r~ECEVEi..0F'r,,;l!Nr. HOJS!NG <br />A['.!L.; L.~:C::'~O~.'l!C [)[JEL.tJPivIENT <br /> <br />Ms. Susan F. Moeller <br />Redevelopment Manager <br />City of Redwood City <br />1017 Middlefield Road <br />Redwood City, CA 94063 <br /> <br />Dear Susan: <br /> <br />Thank you for speaking to me on Thursday about the San Mateo County <br />History Museum. We propose that the Redwood City Redevelopment <br />Agency again consider granting $7,500 to help us with the organization of <br />our "Celebration of the Peninsula's Diversity: Immigrants Day Festival". <br />The cost of the day is $29,500 (see enclosed budget). We will again ask <br />corporations to co-sponsor the event. Smaller donations from local <br />businesses will also be solicited to underwrite some of the museum's staff <br />time committed to the program. As always, the Agency will be credited in <br />our promotional materials ~ <br /> <br />As you know, among our recent improvements at the History Museum is <br />the installation of a permanent exhibit gallery dedicated to the immigrant <br />experience on the Peninsula. This $1 million portion of the museum is <br />engaging, educational, and highly interactive. The subject is of great <br />interest to the people of San Mateo County and their visitors. Most people <br />realize that something like 300/0 of the people of the County have b~en <br />born in another country. Far fewer realize that back in 1880,30% of the <br />people of the County were born in another country. Thus the immigrant <br />experience is both topical and historical. <br /> <br />To complement the display, three years ago the Museum organized an <br />"Immigrants Day". The committees from the various ethnic communities <br />that helped us create the gallery assigned representatives to help us. <br /> <br />Last year, seven countries were represented - Ireland, China, Portugal, <br />Italy, Japan, Mexico, and the Philippines. We scheduled music and folk <br />dancing on Courthouse Square, featuring performances of all seven <br />countries. In the rotunda we offered craft activities for children <br />reminiscent of the ethnic groups. Upstairs we had a "taste of the seven" <br />with representative foods. All together about 1,000 people attended. <br /> <br />\ft, <br /> <br />Board of Directors <br /> <br />Karen S, McCown <br />Chairman <br /> <br />Umang Gupta <br />Immediate Past Chairman <br /> <br />Herm Christensen <br />Vice Chairman <br /> <br />Phill Raiser <br />Secretary <br /> <br />Brian Sullivan <br />Treasurer <br /> <br />AI Acena, Ph,D, <br /> <br />John Adams <br /> <br />Paul Barulich <br /> <br />Keith Bautista <br /> <br />Arthur H, Bredenbeck <br /> <br />Roberta Carcione <br /> <br />John Clinton <br /> <br />Shawn Deluna <br /> <br />Robert Desky <br /> <br />Celeste Giannini <br /> <br />John Inglis <br />Peggy Bort Jones <br /> <br />Douglas Keyston <br /> <br />Sue Lempert <br /> <br />Joan Levy <br /> <br />Anne Peter <br /> <br />Barbara Rucker <br /> <br />Patrick Ryan <br />Marcy Saunders <br /> <br />Cynthia l, Schreurs <br /> <br />Paul Shepherd <br /> <br />Mitch Postel <br />President <br /> <br />President's <br />Advisory Board <br /> <br />Frank Baldanzi <br /> <br />1 Jack Foster, Jr. <br /> <br />Georgi LaBerge <br />Greg Munks <br />John Schrup <br /> <br />Tom Siebel <br />