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Date: May 24, 2022
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Executive Assistant to the Mayor and City Council Subject: Adjournment of the May 24, 2022 City Council and Stadium Authority Meeting Please adjourn the May 24, 2022 City Council and Authorities Concurrent and Special Stadium Authority meeting in memory of the following individual:
Joseph Paul Quilici (Kuh - Lee - Chi) beloved St. Justin Parish Coach. Read by Mayor Lisa M.
Gillmor
• Joseph Paul Quilici was born in San Jose on February 13,1959, to Winona (Nonie) and Aldo Quilici.
Five sisters were born before him. He was the final piece that completed his family. • Joe grew up in Santa Clara and loved sports, working on cars, and being with his closest friends. • He attended Scott Lane Elementary, St. Justin, Archbishop Mitty High School and one year at Gonzaga University where he played basketball.
• The majority of Joe's professional career was in construction management however, Joe's biggest passion was basketball. He started coaching at St. Justin in 1985 and continued to coach there off and on for over 30 years.
• Joe was a coach at Bellarmine College Preparatory and spent time officiating middle school and high school basketball in the Bay Area.
In recent years, he coached at high schools including Saint Francis and Monta Vista. In his almost 40 years of coaching basketball, flag football, and softball, Joe had an immeasurable impact on countless families. That impact will be felt for years to come. • Joe's pride and joy were his kids. You could see his love and pride for them in every conversation he* had. He would take the smallest opening to tell anyone about his kids, their accomplishments, and their families.
• Joe lit up every room he walked into. He was larger than life in personality, spirit, and in the love he gave to everyone that he met.
• Joe is remembered as a big guy with a big smile, quick with a joke but fiercely loyal to (and proud of) his friends and the kids he coached. He never was shy about how much he loved his family and was incredibly proud of them.
• Joe passed away on April 25, 2022 and is survived by his 4 children, 7 grandchildren, and 7 grandnieces and nephews.