Speaker 0: sport of cross country. Now, therefore, be it resolved, I Treasurer Spencer, Mayor of the City of Alameda, hereby proclaim February seven, 2017 as Cooper Tier Day in the city of Alameda. And we wish him continued athletic success and. Thank you. And if you'd like you and your coach, anyone else out there could make a few comments. We'd love to know what year you are in school and what are your plans. And you might want to raise the microphone because you're tall.
Speaker 5: I'm a senior and I've committed to run cross-country and track at University of Oregon next year.
Speaker 3: Oh, that's a running school. Yeah. Congratulations.
Speaker 0: While they're coming up for for a photo op, I'll just say that my kids both ran cross-country in high school and I. All those races you mentioned really awesome. Where you placed and. I live in an area near Saint Joe's, so I see your team running.
Speaker 1: By him.
Speaker 0: All the time. So congratulations. Well, then takes a lot of discipline.
Speaker 5: Yeah. Thank you.
Speaker 3: You in.
Speaker 2: Madame Mayor, I'd like to make sure we recognize Coach Tony Fong, who's brought us from the Saint Joe's family, a number of cross-country and track champions over the years. Thank you, Coach Fong. I just want to say I've been coaching so long. In fact, Frank's son Peter actually ran cross-country for Saint Joe's and that so many of the kids have come through this program. And all the kids is has been a part of the Saint Joe's community. Cooper wouldn't be where he.
Speaker 6: Is now without that support of not only Saint Charles, our athletic director, the parents.
Speaker 2: Coach, coach Alex Mason. And I just want to say, when you see those kids running up and down the streets, they are using a crosswalk, right? They're not walking across. I just want to make.
Speaker 0: Sure I'm not going to read anyone out.
Speaker 3: And.
Speaker 0: Just kids.
Speaker 6: Just so you.
Speaker 2: Know. Cooper has one more season and he's accomplished.
Speaker 6: A lot at St Joe's, but he's got some lofty goals.
Speaker 2: This year. He wants to break the four minute mile mark. He wants to break 14 minutes, four or five K and of course, repeat as state champion in track this year. So lofty goals, but he's working hard. We want to come back here again for another proclamation, folks.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Got to be three then.
Speaker 7: That hit it last year, I think.
Speaker 0: Thank you. All right. Next, it'll be for all communications, not an agenda. And I wanted to share that before I call the speakers to the podium, I want to explain that the State Brown Act and our City Sunshine Ordinance prohibit the City Council from engaging in a discussion with speakers who raise issues and concerns at this point
Proclamation Declaring February 7, 2017 as St. Joseph Notre Dame Men’s Cross Country Champion Cooper Teare Day. (City Manager 2110)