Resolution 15320CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 15320
APPROVING GUIDELINES FOR THE SISTER CITY PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the people of the City of Alameda and its officials have
enthusiastically endorsed the concept of forming sister city relations and
affiliations with communities abroad with common concerns and mutual
interests; and
WHEREAS, the Alameda Sister City Association, a member organization
of Sister Cities International, was formed in 2009 by the city's Social Services
and Human Relations Board to carry out a Sister City program; and
WHEREAS, the mission of the Alameda Sister City Association, in
accordance with the mission of Sister Cities International, is to promote peace
through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation one individual, one
community at a time;
WHEREAS, the Alameda Sister City program works to promote cultural
understanding and cooperation with cities around the world, and to strengthen
international partnerships at the municipal and person -to- person levels; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Alameda does recognize and
endorse said non-political program with the hope that it will lead to creating
goodwill and understanding between the peoples of Alameda and our sister
cities; and
WHEREAS, representatives of the Alameda Sister City Association and
City staff have worked closely together to develop formal guidelines for the Sister
City program; and
WHEREAS, these guidelines provide a set of criteria for the adoption of
new sister cities, and clarify and define the roles of the City and ASCA in sister
city relationships.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
ALAMEDA;
Section 1. The Guidelines for the Sister City Program, attached as Exhibit 1, are
approved.
Section.2. This resolution shall be effective immediately upon its adoption.
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
regular meeting assembled on the 17th day of October, 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 18th day of October, 2017.
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Lara Weisiger, Ci Clerk
City of Alameda
Approved as to Form:
Janet fern, City Attorney
City df Alameda