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ITO FAMILY OPEN SPACE
DEDICATION September 18, 2023
Corner of Flagler Lane and Ripley Avenue
Redondo Beach, CA
RESOLUTION NO. CC-2107-077
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, NAMING THE FLAGLER
RIPLEY PARKETTE, WHICH IS BORDERED BY RIPLEY
AVENUE, FLAGLER LANE, AND SPRECKLES LANE THE 'ITO
FAMILY OPEN-SPACE"
HEREAS, the City Council of the City of Redondo Beach is considering an official name for the open-space that is bordered by Ripley Avenue, Flagler Lane. and Spreckels Lane: anc HEREAS, the Redondo Beach Historical Commission at it February 17, 2021 meetin nanimously voted to recommend to the City Council that the open-space be named after the It Famiy; and
WHEREAS, the Redondo Beach Recreation and Parks Commission at it April 14, 2021 meeting unanimously voted to recommend to the City Council that the open-space be named after the Ito Family; and
WHEREAS. Kimiko Ito (1914-2017), a 1931 graduate of RUHS. lived in Redondo Beach or 99 years and worked for the Los Angeles Department of Education as a brailist and late ounded a support group for family members with Parkinson's Disease at the Beach Cities Healt District, and
WHEREAS, Tomo Ito (1909-1986), an Eagle Scout and a 1932 graduate and 1933 masters graduate of Stanford University in geology and worked as a metallurgist and geologist; WHEREAS, Kimiko and Tomo Ito married in 1942 and were shortly thereafter incarcerated under Executive Order 9066 and dispatched to Poston-Colorado River Relocation Center in Arizona. Over 110,000 Japanese American persons were evicted from the Pacific Coast and interned during World War Il under this Executive Order, and WHEREAS, after World War II, the Ito Family returned to their home on Havemeyer Lane where their children grew up and also graduated from RUHS: and WHEREAS, the open space is iocated across the street from Jefferson Elementary School and two blocks from the Historical Museum, and provides a unique learning opportunity for students and residents to learn about the ito Family, earty Redondo Beach history, and the treatment of Japanese-Americans during World War Il.
NOW. THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH.
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the open-space bordered by Ripley Avenue, Flagler Lane, and Spreckels Lane, in the City of Redondo Beach is hereby officially named the "ITO FAMILY OPEN-SPACE." SECTION 2: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the City Council. and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting this resolution.
RESOLUTION NO. CC-2107-077
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THE TO FAMILY OPEN-SPACE
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SECTION 3: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and shall enter the same in the Book of Original Resolutions, and shall make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records and proceeding of the City Council of said city in the minutes of the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted
PASSED. APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of July. 2021 William C. Brand. Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
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Michael W. Webb, City Attorney leanor Manzano, CMC, Ci) Cler
ITO FAMILY OPEN SPACE DEDICATION
September 18, 2023
Paige Kaluderovic, District 3 Councilmember, Welcome
Mike Witzansky, Redondo Beach City Manager
Ted Semaan, Public Works Director
Cameron Harding, Community Services Director
William C. Brand, Mayor
Councilmembers: Nils Nehrenheim, Todd Lowenstein, Paige Kaluderovic, Zein Obagi, Jr., Scott Behrendt
Recreation & Parks Commission: Gilbert M. Escontrias, Jacob Andersen Varvarigos, Kate Korman-Sooper, Christopher McCauley, Mara Lang, Jeffrey E. Rowe
Ito Family Open Space Conceptual Plan: design by Public Arts Commissioners Ashish Sharma and Kristina M. Christian-Kelly Approved: Public Arts Commission (7/27/22); Historical Commission (8/17/22); and Recreation & Parks Commission (10/12/22)