Resolution 15432CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 15432
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN A MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING REGARDING THE FORMULATION AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF SISTER CITY RELATIONS BETWEEN THE
CITY OF VARAZZE, ITALY AND THE CITY OF ALAMEDA, UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA
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
WHERAS, the Alameda Sister City Association, City of Varazze Committee and the
Alameda Alpicella Club have extensively explored and planned the establishment of
Sister City relations; and
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda and the City of Varazze have agreed to exchange
delegations of government officials for the purpose of establishing said relations on
dates in the near future; 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
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 creating goodwill and understanding between
the peoples of our cities 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 the City of Varazze 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 at a City
Council meeting assembled on the 18th day of September, 2018, 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 19th day of September, 2018.
Lara Weisiger, City C
City of Alameda
Janet C ern, City Att mey
City of Vlameda