CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. ___________
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN A MEMORANDUM OF
AGREEMENT REGARDING THE EXCHANGE AND
COOPERATION BETWEEN ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA, UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA AND VARAZZE, ITALY
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, on September 5, 2019, the City of Alameda and the City of Varazze officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding to formalize a Sister City partnership to t he mutual benefit of both parties that promote friendship, build relations, share ideas and innovations, and foster cultural awareness; and
WHEREAS, in December 2021 , a member of the Alameda Sister City Association visited Varazze to strengthen relations; and
WHEREAS, i n late June and early July 2023, the Varazze Police Chief, Mauro Di Gregorio, Comandate Polizia Locale Varazze, visited Alameda for meaningful exchanges regarding policing, training, and related topics; 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 Agreement regarding the implementation of said Sister City relations and undertakings in English and Italian; 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.
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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 16th day of April, 2024, by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City Council this 17th day of April 2024.
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Lara W. Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda
Approve as to Form:
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Yibin Shen, City Attorney
City of Alameda