Minutes041507Minutes
Richfield Friendship City Commission
April 15th, 2007
The meeting was called to order. Those present included Frank Sitko, Roger Swanson,
David Delzer, Cynthy Mandl, Martin Kirsch and Arlene Sitko. Henry Piedra was
excused due to work. We met at Ken and Cynthy Mandl's, 6529 Logan Avenue South
in Richfield.
Spellings of Costa Rican names and locations were verified as corrections to the
minutes of March 29th. The treasury report reflected an increase of $100 thanks to a
generous donation from Ken and Cynthy Mandl. We were pleased with the article by
Steven Pease in the Sun Current issue April 5th. We will try to follow up and reiterate
our need for volunteers and possibly host families should our friends from Heredia
accept our invitation to join us during our Centennial Celebration. We discussed the
form the invitation should take. It was decided the invitation should be a formal
document from the Mayor and the Commission Chair specific to Manual Zumbado and
Alvaro Quesada sent to Heredia through our Costa Rican contacts. Dave Delzer will
provide a draft for the commission's approval. Arlene Sitko suggested that if host
families are hard to find we might approach some of the hotels in Richfield for lodging
donations. The next meeting will be May 17th in the Heredia Room in City Hall.
~IVe adjourned and enjoyed pictures on slide shows and prints and potluck including
gallo pinto, fruits, and postres. There were some very good photographers on the tour.
I have been contacted by the committee promoting the Veteran's Memorial at Veteran's
Park (see attached). They would like the commission to donate a basket by May 20th
for inclusion in a silent auction May 28th as part of the groundbreaking for the Veteran's
Memorial to be erected in Richfield. They have a website at
www.richfieldveteransmemorial.ora. I solicit comments.
cc Frank Sitko
David C Delzer