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Council approves Sister City commemorative garden at library; project fully donated
Summary
The Half Moon Bay City Council unanimously authorized a memorandum of understanding to implement a Sister City commemorative garden at the Half Moon Bay Library, funded and maintained by the Half Moon Bay Kariwa Sister City Association with no city construction funds required.
The council unanimously approved a staff recommendation to enter a memorandum of understanding with the Half Moon Bay Karriwa Sister City Association to construct a commemorative garden in the library's kidney-shaped planting area. Staff said the project will be entirely donor-funded and maintained by the association with minimal to no additional routine maintenance burden on city crews.
Speakers from the Sister City Association described a design that evoked elements of both Half Moon Bay and Karriwa, Japan, including a small decorative bridge, 30 rocks to mark 30 years of exchanges and low-maintenance plantings. Association leaders said the garden is intended to recognize three decades of cultural and student exchanges and to be a permanent symbol of international friendship. The resolution finding the project exempt under CEQA (Class 4: minor alterations to land) passed unanimously.
