HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 3.3 Appt of Council Subcommittee to Sister City CITY CLERK
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AGENDA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: April 18, 2000
SUBJECT: Appointment of Council Subcommittee to Sister City Committee
Report Prepared by Kay Keck, City Clerk
ATTACHMENTS: Page 61 of February 29, 2000 City Council Minutes
RECOMMENDATION: 1'UI Appoint Committee (2 Councilmembers)
fl ANCIAL STATEMENT: None
DESCRIPTION: During the City Council's annual Goals & Objectives meeting in
February of 2000, the Council collectively gave a high ranking to the goal, "appoint a Council
subcommittee to investigate expanding the Sister City Program and to investigate opportunities for trade
with an additional sister city".
The City recently joined the Sister City International (SCI) organization and has received information
related to forming and expanding sister city relationships. SCI holds their annual conference in late June of
each year. Funding was included in the Fiscal Year 1999-2000 Budget for one person to attend this
conference which will be held in'Denver on June 28th-July 1st. Vice Mayor Lockhart expressed a desire
to attend and reservations have been made.
Staff recommends that the City Council determine who will serve on the Sister City Committee.
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Cm. Howard, Cm. McCormick, Cm. Zika, and Vice Mayor Lockhart gave a High ranking.
The collective City Council ranking was HIGH.
ADMINISTRATIVE ADDITIONAL OBJECTIVE #8: "Appoint Council Subcommittee to
investigate expanding Sister City Program."
Vice Mayor Lockhart requested the above objective and gave it a High Priority.
Vice Mayor Lockhart felt Objective#9 was similar in thought. She suggested instead of using Staff,two
Councilmembers could form a subcommittee and review different options. When the information became
more organized,Staff could be brought in.
Cm. McCormick stated her emphasis was on trade.
Mayor Houston indicated he was in favor of it. Already the City has international companies wanting to
come here. _
Vice Mayor Lockhart wanted to investigate how other cities deal with Sister City Programs.
The wording of the objective was changed to "Appoint Council Subcommittee to investigate expanding
Sister City Program with trade opportunities."
Cm. Howard, Cm. McCormick, Cm. Zika, and Mayor Houston gave a High ranking.
The collective City Council ranking was HIGH.
ADMINISTRATIVE ADDITIONAL OBJECTIVE#9:__ Investigate opportunities for Trade with
Additional.Sister.City."
Cm. McCormick requested the above objective and gave it a Medium priority.
The Council felt#6,#8 	 were similar so by consensus the Council DELETED Objective#9 from the
list.
ADMINISTRATIVE ADDITIONAL OBJECTIVE #10: "Photographs of Mayor & City Council
in City Offices."
Cm. McCormick requested the above objective and gave it a Medium priority.
Cm. McCormick felt this would be a good way to have citizens and Staff be able to recognize who the
Councilmembers were.
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
VOLUME 19
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
February 29, 2000
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