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Howard Johnson stated these are extraordinary times and requesting a hearing on this issue is extraordinary and gave his impression of the anti -war marches occurring in San Francisco and Palo Alto. He summarized with a popular signer's quote, "all bombing is terrorism ". Alfredo Chorro stated his opposition to war and interest in children's education. He stating that coming from El Salvador, he asks that people place themselves in the shoes of an Iraqi person having nothing to do with what is going on. He requested that the Council represent the citizens of Redwood City and stated that if the humanitarian reasons do not move one, than to think of the economic reasons. He asked that there be a hearing and that he thinks many people would support the Council and that the Latino community is very concerned because most of the military is comprised of minorities. George Johnson stated his support for the anti -war resolution citing that 90% of casualties in any war are civilian, two thirds being women and children. He stated it is time to state, "not our name'. He further stated he was brought up to believe that every issue is a local issue. Bill Enroe encouraged the City Council to join over 73 different cities, State and local governments in the country who have passed anti -war resolutions. He stated that on the issue of the war in Iraq, you are either against it or for it, and this is the opportunity for the City of Redwood City to state that we do not support this war and that there are better things to do with our resources. Jonelle Preisser stated she would like to see the City take a stand for non - violent ways of solving our problems. She stated that because it seems to not work to go through the White House, she thinks that it may be more successful if all cities adopt the resolution. Keith Bautista stated that the last time he spoke was to praise the Council on its vision and leadership regarding the efforts to revitalize the downtown. He stated he is once again praising the vision and leadership regarding the support for education. He further stated that sometime ago the Council challenged the community with a $250,000.00 matching grant to help improve Sequoia High School's Carrington Hall. The Sequoia High School Alumni Association, one which accepted the challenge, brought before the Council the result of its efforts. Ken Rolandelli, President of the Alumni Association, stated the Alumni's pleasure in announcing the contribution of $44,000.00 toward the restoration of Carrington Hall. He stated it represents close to 700 individual contributions and the understanding that the City will match the contribution. He further stated that this marks the second installment of funds toward the restoration effort and the second time to partner with the City on the project. The first was a contribution in 1995 of $13,500.00 toward a REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 10, 2003 MINUTES PAGE 3 MINUTES Book No. 59 Page No. 384