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MEMORANDUM October 31, 1994 Page Three We wanted to have fun. Yes, everyone had a great time. All of the projects became labors of love. I should take this opportunity to acknowledge and thank the news media. The Tri-Valley Herald, the Valley Times, The Independent, Channel 30, KNBR-Radio 68, KPIX-Channel 5, KKIQ and Viacorn were all supportive and very contributory. Their participation was essential to our success. Please allow me to pay special tribute to Mark Shawver, the local graphic artist who created our fun logo that adorned the shirts, street banners and almost every news article. Two Centennial projects - the Arroyo Creek Trail Run/Walk and the Chamber of Commerce New Year's Eve Party - will be perpetuated. We wanted to be ~scally responsible. We were! The Centennial Celebration is the third consecutive city-wide celebration (Fiesta 75 and American Bicentennial) that has repaid the City Council 100% of the seed money funded by Council. Local businesses contributed $40,000 to sponsor the Birthday Party on June 18-19. Local businesses and families contributed $42,000 to sponsor the civic art project. Thirty-five local non-profit organizations participated in the Birthday Party weekend, providing food, beverages and services. They raised $41,300 for their own purposes and contributed an additional $13,000 to the Centennial. Ten thousand dollars of their contribL~ti.~ns will soon be returned to them for their own worthy projects. The Tri-Valley Community Fund granted us $1,800 to sponsor the writing of a curriculum on Pleasanton history for the schools. That grant has been returned to them. The $1,785 raised by participants in Centennial Sillies will be contributed back to them. The Centennial Celebration is essentially concluded. You may be assured, however, that we will see the art project and sidewalk~ignettes completed. Thank you for allowing me the honor of chairing the Centennial Celebration. Please give credit where it is due - to the Centennial Steering Committee, hundreds of volunteers and the City staff.