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on the Yangtze River, upstream ITom Shanghai... It was a good moment, and I met some good mends that I had met in 1994.... One of my former students was the main architect of that whole process, and Rochester Fan is not only a good student but a good mend." MEMO 3/10/97 B. Mayor Pro Tem Howard reported that over the weekend, she and her husband attended the Optimist Club's annual all-you-can-eat shrimp and crab feast at the Community Activities Building. She said it was an extremely popular event and it was sold out again this year. Mayor Pro Tem Howard said the Optimist Club performed great community services in Redwood City and commended them on their successful fund raiser. She said they were assisted by members of the Soroptimists. MEMO 3/10/97 Mayor Pro Tem Howard also commended the Soroptimists whose fundraising activities provide college scholarships, which were awarded this past week. She said she was one of the judges this year and was very impressed with the quality of the applications ITom Redwood City. MEMO 3/10/97 C. Councilman Leipzig , "On the Sister City relationship, I just want to make a comment. I'm all for fostering economic trade, but I do hope that we can send back to the new Sister City, in addition to the existing one that we have as a City, the issue of human rights. I think that we need to stress the importance and commitment that we have here in the United States to human rights, and encourage the government of China to do all it can to improve a very poor record in that regard." MEMO 3/10/97 D. Councilman Ruskin said, "I would like first to second Councilman Leipzig's statement, especially in regard to the apparent genocidal activities of the Chinese government in certain of the areas that it occupies. This is a very serious matter to me, and something that is easy to overlook because of the good that can come ITom economic relationships. But there have been too many, we have gone through too many wars in the past, over such matters as these, not to pay some attention to that as wel1." MEMO 3/10/97 Councilman Ruskin described the groundbreaking earlier in the day for the new Electronic Arts building, "which was a very nice ceremony, and it was great to welcome Electronic Arts to Redwood City. We expect they will be up and running in about a year, maybe a little more, and really glad to see the turn-out there. A lot of people ITom the community were there, including many of us up on the dais today." MEMO 3/10/97 E. Councilman Claire said, "I want to make sure everybody understands that we do not have a Sister City relationship, it is a Port relationship, and we have no jurisdiction basically over the Port. It was a decision by the Port Commission to make that relationship. I don't REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTE BOOK NO. 55 MARCH 10, 1997 MINUTES pa'Je No. 1<)2 PAGE 6