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.
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Lara Weisiger C y Clerk
City of Alame
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Janet Kern, City Attorn y
City of Alameda