Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
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SUBJECT:
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UPDATE ON STUDENT DELEGATION VISIT FROM SOKA, JAPAN IN SUMMER 2017 AND GOVERNMENT DELEGATION VISIT IN FEBRUARY 2018 (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
A student delegation from Soka, Japan is expected to visit Carson for a two-week period from July 22, 2017-August 5, 2017 as part of the Carson Sister Cities Association (CSCA) Student Cultural Exchange Program.
A government delegation from Soka, Japan is also expected to visit Carson for a five-day period in February of 2018 as part of the Government Exchange Program. This memo provides an update on the Sister Cities visit.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
DISCUSS and PROVIDE direction.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE whatever action the City Council deems appropriate.
IV. BACKGROUND
CSCA has been involved in a Student Cultural Exchange Program with Soka, Japan since 1980, in which the two cities alternately send and host a delegation consisting of six students and one chaperon for a period of two weeks. The student exchange took place every year initially when we started the sister city relationship, but modified to every two years since 2010 due to budget constraints.
In February of this year, CSCA has started recruiting host families who will house the delegates during their two-week stay in Carson. Potential host families go through a background check conducted by the Carson Sheriff's Station, and selected families attend an orientation approximately two weeks prior to the delegation's arrival.
Official activities during the student delegations' visit in Carson include a welcome breakfast at City Hall, a welcome reception/dinner, formal introductions at a City Council meeting and other city events, daily excursions and a farewell dinner at a local restaurant. On nights and weekends, host families are responsible for coordinating activities for their respective student delegates.
On May 22-26,...
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