and welcome. It's an honor to speak on behalf of this one. We don't need to do a roll call today, do we? We have a formality. We need to do a roll call, so stand by. Clerk, would you please call the roll? Commissioner Markert. Here. Vice Mayor Long. Here. Commissioner Casale. Here. Deputy Vice Mayor Burns. Here. Mayor Carney. Here. We have a call. Thank you so much. It's an honor to speak on behalf of the city in recognizing Sister Cities of Delray Beach. In 1999, Sister Cities of Delray Beach sent its first group of high school students to Miyazu, Japan to serve as student ambassadors between the two cities. In the decades since, the organization has carried forward a noble mission promoting friendship and understanding between the citizens of Delray Beach and Miyazu. The educational exchange program continues to build diplomatic and cultural links that benefit both Delray Beach and our partner communities. I encourage everyone to learn more about the student ambassadorship program, which enriches the fabric of our community through meaningful cultural exchanges for Delray Beach youth. I want to say how much I truly appreciate the students who have come here today to visit with us. Their energy and curiosity reminds us of what these programs are all about. Their willingness to share their cultures and perspectives and in turn learn about the cultures and perspectives of other communities around the world inspiring. We are honored to host you. So on behalf of the City Commission and the people of Delray Beach, I want to express our heartfelt appreciation to all the board members, volunteers, community partners of Sister Cities of Delray Beach for their dedication and furthering the goal of friendship and understanding and especially you students who have come all the way from Miyazu to share with us Delray Beach and I hope you had a wonderful time here. So thank you all for participating in this program. We have a, I understand we have a letter from my fellow mayor from Miyazu that someone would like to read into the record? The employee of the city of Miyazu. Oh, welcome to Delray Beach. I speak Japanese. I speak English. Understood. I speak English. deLo Beach I speak English. I speak English. Coach Antonio? Well, yes, sir. Sorry. Dear Tom Ka speaker, Mayor of Delray Beach, T'm Karmi McCady Mayor of Delray Beach. 勤ато' story in startled states and il Survivor of the打 seats, 御尽力いただいています 皆様に 宮津市から御挨拶とお礼を申し上げます On behalf of Miyazu City, your sister city in Japan, I would like to express my special thanks to greeting to you for all of your efforts to develop our friendship. 宮津市を代表しまして、私たちの友情発展に係るあなたのご尽力のすべてに対し、心より感謝とご挨拶を申し上げます。 学校や姉妹都市委員会、ホストファミリー、皆様のあらゆるサポートによって、お互いの文化や習慣を知る大変貴重な機会を持つことができます。 皆様の温かな受け入れにより、心よりの感謝を申し上げます。 短期間ですが、こうした経験は今後の漁師の関係だけでなく、学生たちの一人一人の人生においても重要なものになると考えています。 Even if their stay in Del Rey Beach are short, we believe that these experiences will be important not only for the future relationship between our two cities, but also for each student's individual life. また、この訪問が宮津市とDel Rey Beach市の絆をさらに深めるものになることを願っています。 We also hope that this visit will further strength the ties between Del Rey Beach and宮津. 2027年には姉妹都市の名約50周年となります。 そうした節目の年までに、養子の交流がさらに発展し、共に盛大にお祝いできることを期待しております。 2029年 will be the 5th anniversary of our sister city alliance. I hope your friendship will be developed more and more until such a memorial milestone so that we could celebrate it together grandly. Del Rey Beach市の皆様のご健康、ご多幸、市の発展をお祈りいたします。 I wish you and the city of Del Rey Beach good health and happiness. 宮津市長 木崎 正文 先生、 yours, 正文 正文 正文 正文 Thank you very much for the very, very warm welcome. I'm sorry? Would you like to receive a letter? Yes, we would like to have a received letter. If you have walked through our lobby, you'll see that we do have already a letter posted from the last visit sitting on our wall in our lobby, very proudly presented because we so value the relationship between Del Rey Beach and the city of Mianzu. So we, of course, want the letter. So if you could... Shall we approach you? Oh, sure. Sure. Well, I'll go get it over there. Absolutely. And then I have a... We have to read the other pretty much. I call... It's wonderful stationery. Just take a thick note. It's a great stationery. Don't lose it. It is now my honor to read the recognition of the sister city's relationship between Mianzu, Japan and the city of Del Rey Beach. The sister city's bond between Mianzu, Japan and the city of Del Rey Beach, Florida was inspired by the generosity and vision of Mr. George Murakami, who immigrated to the United States from Mianzu in 1906 to join the Japanese farming community known as the Yamato colony of South Florida. In more than 65 years of farming, Mr. Murakami donated 200 acres of land to Palm Beach County and in 1973 creating a lasting bridge between Japan and the United States. In 1977, the Murakami Museum and the Japanese gardens opened on that land and the sister city's relationship between Mianzu and the city of Del Rey Beach was officially established. Through the decades, this partnership has flourished with cultural exchanges, civic cooperation and enduring friendship. In 1991, a Mianzu business delegation visited the city of Del Rey Beach to support the Murakami Museum. In 1994, Del Rey Beach leaders traveled to Mianzu, where officials dedicated a plaza in Del Rey's honor. The 20th anniversary in 1997 was celebrated with Mianzu's gift of a monument inscribed, Under the blessing of the sun and on the earth, with this monument, we vow our eternal friendship, which contributes to world peace. The Student Ambassador Exchange Program, established in 1999, continues to unite the youth of both cities through homestays, school visits, cultural experiences, creating lifelong bonds and global understanding. After a pause during the pandemic, exchanges resumed in 2024. In June 2024, the city of Del Rey Beach representative and student ambassadors met Aiko Murakami, the grand-niece of George Murakami, in Mianzu, reaffirming the human connection that began this enduring relationship. Continuing this legacy, the city of Del Rey Beach proudly welcomes the 2025 Mianzu student ambassadors. I'm going to try to pronounce the names correctly. Their visit symbolizes the renewal of friendship and bright future of the cherished partnership between our two cities. Today, we honor more than four decades of friendship, shared heritage, and cultural exchange between Mianzu and the city of Del Rey Beach, an everlasting bridge of peace and understanding inspired by the legacy of George Murakami. On behalf of the city of the Del Rey Beach Commission, we are honored to recognize the 2025 Mianzu student ambassadors and the sister city's relationship between Mianzu, Japan, and the city of Del Rey Beach, Florida. We present, we'd like a photograph with the city commission, which we'll bring all the students up here. Are we going down, guys? Come on, guys. Thanks, baby. Sorry. I'll give it right back to you. Oh, you did great. I'm going to take you to the camera. Come on, let me go. Let me go. Thank you. We presented this. You presented this. I'm going to be out of the city of Del Rey Beach. Thank you so very much. Thank you. It was great. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Okay. Thank you. With the suit. Absolutely. With the one you hosted, of course. Yeah. Oh, pictures with host students? All of them? Oh, okay. Everyone with host students? If any of you are hosts to these wonderful student ambassadors, would you please come up for a photograph? All the host families? Absolutely. No, not as students. Thank you, though. We can actually go up with your students. You want to go? If you're a host family, if you... Yeah, go up. Yes, absolutely. More the merrier. That's fine. They're part of the program. There we go. The city of Delray Beach has gifts, our visitors, so don't sit down too quickly. Reverend Durant, we have gifts that we're going to present to the... Whichever, whichever, however you... However the delegation wants to. On the CRA as well, which is so generous. Thank you. CRA. So we're going to get those out? We'll collect them on the way out. Whatever you want to do. There are seven of them? There are seven of them. Okay. And then there are three for shadow. So then, uh... No, come on. Say it for. Say it for. I'll get in there. Well, we'll see the way about go up. Incense. I'll take off. So, yeah. So the students... It's so strange you can hear Tony speak Japanese. I've known him forever, and, you know, I didn't know he spoke Japanese. He's not from Italy. Well, his wife... You get it right with your next husband, Julie. That's right. You recycle at this age anyway. You'll get it right, Julie. Anyway, what's next for us? Lunch. I think... Yeah, I think... Mr. Moore? Mayor, they also have a camera. For you as well. Oh, very nice. Yeah. For the city? Yeah. Is it good? Shall I come down? I have. You actually have... You like that word, don't you? Oh, yeah. It does. So, this is... We just like... It's a chicken. Dead chicken. Which I like. That's good. I've got my wife's dying to go there. Okay. Wait. I need that. I've got no time. Jeff? Do you have a public comment? I don't know what to do. I've got a term. It's cold or something. At this point in the meeting, we're going to be opening it up to public comment, as we are a public meeting. If there are any members of the public wishing to address the commission, now's your time to get up and come to the lectern, give your name and zip code, and what? It was an adopted rule. I can't remember what I did last week. It's two weeks ago. I have trouble. Please come to the lectern. Seeing none, public comment is closed. I really think this is a wonderful program, and I'm so happy you decided to participate. I know it's tough on families and hosts and chaperones and everything. It's such a long way to come. I hope you find your time in Delray Beach rewarding. We're certainly thrilled to have you, and we hope that this cultural exchange will just continue and grow every time we do it. So thank you all for coming. We are now adjourned.