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Resolution 15275CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 15275 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING REGARDING THE FORMULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SISTER CITY RELATIONS BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF YEONGDONG, REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND THE CITY OF ALAMEDA WHEREAS, the Alameda Sister City Association was formed in 2009, to administer 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 forming Friendship and Sister City relations and affiliations with foreign cities with common concerns and mutual interests; and WHEREAS, the Mayor of the City of Alameda and representatives of the Alameda Sister City Association have visited the County of Yeongdong, Republic of Korea to learn more about the County of Yeongdong and to determine support for said Sister City relations; and WHEREAS, in July, 2017, the County of Yeongdong, Republic of Korea will send 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 cultural and social ties and in the development of an exchange program between the County and City; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Alameda does recognize and endorse said program with the hope that it will lead to creating goodwill and understanding between the peoples of our County and City and our two great nations. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF ALAMEDA that the Mayor is hereby authorized to sign a Memorandum of Understanding regarding the formulation and implementation of said 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 Yeongdong County and that another copy be filed in the City Clerk's office in the Alameda City Hall. I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the City Council of the City of Alameda in a regular meeting assembled on the 20th day of June, 2017, by the following vote to wit: AYES: Councilmembers Ezzy Ashcraft, Matarrese, Oddie, Vella and Mayor Spencer — 5. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTENTIONS: None. IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City Council this 21 st day of June, 2017. &,t-,e L/-�-' - Lara Weisiger C y Clerk City of Alame APPROVED AS TO FORM: Janet Kern, City Attorn y City of Alameda