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Consideration of Renaming Rooms at Veterans Memorial Building to Represent Culver City's Current Five Sister Cities.
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Meeting Date: April 17, 2025
Contact Person/Dept: Ted Stevens/PRCS
Phone Number: (310) 253-6685
Fiscal Impact: Yes [] No [X] General Fund: Yes [] No []
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [X] Attachments: []
Public Notification: (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission (04/11/2025); (E-Mail) Parks, Recreation & Community Service Department Updates (04/11/2025)
Department Approval: Ted Stevens, PRCS Director (04/11/2025)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Parks, Recreation and Community Services (PRCS) Commission consider renaming rooms at Veterans Memorial Building to represent Culver City's Current Five Sister Cities.
BACKGROUND
The Sister City programs were established under President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956. The intent was to offer a "people to people" program, enabling two-way cultural exchanges. It was designed to promote friendship and understanding between the United States and people of other countries. Culver City's Sister City Committee (CCSCC) was established in December 1962. The method of establishing a sister city relationship with Culver City operates on two levels. There must be a vote from the Sister City Committee as well as the City Council. Once the agreement has been made, there is usually a visitation scheduled to each city by a delegation from the other, which includes members of the Sister City committee and City officials. A ceremony in each city with the visiting delegation cements the bond.
Since the program's inception, there have been six relationships between CCSCC and its sister cities around the world.
* Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico established in 1964.
* Kaizuka, Japan established in 1965.
* Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada establi...
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