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Welcome <br />Thank you Cindy Roth for hosting this 31 st State of the City. <br />Kudos to California's best Chamber of Commerce. <br />Riverside has come of age as a 21 sT CENTURY CITY. One major reason can be found in <br />the legacy of City Council members. As Mayor, I salute the 16 years of public service <br />represented by Dom Betro, Art Gage, and Ed Adkison. And I welcome Mike Gardner, Rusty <br />Bailey, and Chris Mac Arthur to the work of the Council. <br />Let me recognize two other exemplary public servants. First, Maxine Frost. Maxine served <br />for nearly 40 years on the Riverside Unified School Board, devoting her life to the best <br />possible K -12 schools. And second, Zach Earp, who is here today. Zach served the Alvord <br />District as a teacher, administrator, 12 -year Board member, and this country as a Marine in <br />Viet Nam. <br />Kudos to Keep Riverside Clean & Beautiful and its past Executive Director, Nancy Melendez, <br />for winning the nation's best affiliate award. And I welcome KRCB's new Director, Connie <br />Librenjak. <br />Kudos to La Sierra University's SIFE team for winning the national and then world <br />championship. And for the first time, the SIFE team put Riverside on a Kellogg's Corn Flakes <br />box. <br />Thank you to the community for the many years of support and trust. <br />And a special thank you to Marsha, my best friend and partner. In 2008, we celebrate 50 <br />years since our first date at the University of the Pacific in Stockton. <br />Riverside Is A 21 Century City <br />Every state of the city speech emphasizes good things that have or will happen. <br />Today, we identify and celebrate extraordinary things that are happening in Riverside. <br />