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A Minute With: John Seybert<br />
What is the main purpose of the Planning<br />
Commission?<br />
To oversee the process of not only the<br />
development of the city’s general plan but its<br />
implementation as well.<br />
What project are you excited about?<br />
<strong>The</strong> full realization of the Downtown Precise Plan.<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City is?<br />
Headed in the right direction.<br />
Which living person do you most admire?<br />
My mother and father.<br />
John Seybert was born in Concord, Calif. He moved to <strong>Redwood</strong> City in 1997.<br />
He and his wife, Melanie, have been married for 21 years. <strong>The</strong>y have three<br />
daughters: Jessica, 15, Heather, 12, and Meagan, 9.<br />
Seybert attended college in Texas and Santa Cruz. He is the operations<br />
director at Peninsula Covenant Church on Farm Hill Boulevard, where he has<br />
been employed for 11 years.<br />
Currently in his third term as a planning commissioner (each term is three<br />
years), Seybert is active in the Chamber of Commerce and Juventus Sport Club.<br />
He is a graduate of the chamber’s leadership program, the city’s Partnership<br />
Academy for Community Teamwork (PACT) program and the Citizen’s Police<br />
Academy.<br />
Seybert is also a member of the Serve the Peninsula organization, whose<br />
primary focus is supporting schools, working with Habitat for Humanity and<br />
bringing churches together for special causes. He also serves on the Sequoia<br />
Union High School District bond oversight committee.<br />
Seybert has announced his intention to run for a City Council seat in 2009.<br />
Something no one knows about you?<br />
When I was 14, I once walked from Santa Barbara<br />
to Tijuana, Mexico, in 10 days. (250 miles.)<br />
Which words or phrases do you most overuse?<br />
No.<br />
What do you consider your greatest achievement?<br />
Three very unequally individual daughters that<br />
have something different to offer the world.<br />
What is your greatest regret?<br />
Not having taken the opportunity to play an<br />
instrument. My whole family plays something.<br />
Anyone you got on your mind?<br />
My wife.<br />
Last person you said “I love you” to?<br />
My daughters when I left this morning.<br />
Do you believe in love at first sight?<br />
Yes.<br />
Memorable moment?<br />
Childbirth — times three.<br />
First word that comes to mind?<br />
What?<br />
What is your most treasured possession?<br />
My faith.<br />
What talent would you most like to have?<br />
To be musically inclined.<br />
What is your motto?<br />
Fight the good fight.<br />
Why do you get up in the morning?<br />
<strong>The</strong> chance to do something new every day.<br />
You currently feel?<br />
Blessed.<br />
Sunday, September 7<br />
8:00 A.M to Noon<br />
Broadway at Middlefield<br />
Pancakes<br />
Sausage<br />
Orange Juice and Coffee<br />
$5.00 “at the door”<br />
Street Chalk Drawing Contest<br />
Age group categories<br />
3-5 6-8 9-10<br />
First Prize winner per category to receive a $10.00 Gift Certificate to Target<br />
Second and Third Prize Winner<br />
Certificate of Recognition<br />
Entry forms available at<br />
Bob’s Court House Restaurant<br />
Broadway and Hamilton<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City<br />
Space is limited, so register early!<br />
SPONSORS<br />
Bob’s Court House Restaurant<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City Fire Department<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> Associates Realty<br />
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