Resolution 13840CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 13840
RECOGNIZING THE SELECTION OF THE CITY OF WUXI, CHINA
AS ALAMEDA'S FRIENDSHIP CITY AND AUTHORIZING THE
MAYOR TO SIGN ` A MEMORANDUM OF ` UNDERSTANDING
REGARDING THE FORMULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF
SISTER CITY RELATIONS
WHEREAS, the Alameda Social Service Human Relations Board initiated a
project to revitalize and expand the Alameda Sister City Program to encourage friendship
and understanding between the peoples of the United States and other nations through the
medium of direct personal contact; and
WHEREAS, the people of the City of Alameda and its officials have
enthusiastically endorsed the concept of founing friendship relations and affiliations with
a foreign city with common concerns and mutual interests; and
WHEREAS, representatives of the City of Alameda have visited Wuxi, China and
have exchanged correspondence with officials in Wuxi, China to learn more about the
City of Wuxi and to detelinine support for said friendly relations; and
WHEREAS, the City of Wuxi, China has sent a delegation of government
officials to the City of Alameda for the purpose of establishing said relations; and
WHEREAS, officials in both cities have indicated a sincere willingness to engage
in programs which will be beneficial to their peoples, particularly in the development of
business, cultural and social ties and in the development of an exchange program between
the two cities; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Alameda does recognize and endorse
said program with the hope that it will lead to a lasting friendship between the peoples of
Alameda and Wuxi, China;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ALAMEDA on behalf of the people of Alameda that the City enter into a Friendship
City affiliation with the government and people of Wuxi, China for the purpose of
creating goodwill and understanding between the peoples of our cities and our two great
nations and working towards the establishment of Sister City ties; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ALAMEDA that the Mayor is hereby authorized to sign a Memorandum of
Understanding regarding the formulation and implementation of Sister City relations; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a fully executed and suitably inscribed copy
of this Resolution be presented to the Mayor of Wuxi, China and that another copy be
appropriately displayed in the Alameda City Hall.
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution ` was duly and regularly
adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in the regular meeting of the City
Council on the 17th day of May, 2005, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, deHaan, Gilmore, Matarrese
and Mayor Johnson — 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City
this 18th day of May, 2005.
Lara Weisiger, City Cl
City of Alameda