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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