HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-04-24; City Council; Resolution 2012-093EXHIBIT 1
1 RESOLUTION NO. 2012-093
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2 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, ACCEPTING COUNCIL POLICY NO.
3 77 TO ESTABLISH GUIDELINES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF
THE CITY'S SISTER CITY PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZING THE
4 CARLSBAD SISTER CITY AMBASSADORS, INC. TO CONDUCT
THE SISTER CITY PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF CARLSBAD
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WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad entered into sister city agreements with the cities of
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Futtsu, Japan in 1988 and Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic in 1991 and has enjoyed ongoing
friendships with these cities over the ensuing years; and
WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad has determined that it is necessary and in the public
interest that these relationships and any future sister city relationships should be conducted by a
community-based, not-for-profit organization whose primary purpose is to maintain and conduct
sister city relationships and programs; and
WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad has determined that it is necessary and in the public
interest to establish a policy that guides the authorization and endorsement of such an
organization and that defines the criteria and procedures to be used in the creation of any future
sister city relationships between Carlsbad and other cities; and
WHEREAS, the Library and Cultural Arts Department has researched the policies,
guidelines and procedures used by other cities with sister city programs conducted by
20 community organizations to determine the best practices among these cities and has proposed
21 that Council Policy No. 77, Guidelines for the establishment and management of sister city
22 relationships involving the City of Cartsbad, be adopted to provide for the management of
23 existing sister city relationships and the process for establishment of any future sister city
24 relationships; and
25 WHEREAS, the Cartsbad Sister City Ambassadors, Inc. was granted not-for-profit,
25 public benefit corporation status by the State of California in Apnl, 2010 with its stated purpose
27 of conducting Cartsbad's Sister City Program; and
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2 WHEREAS, staff recommends that the Cartsbad Sister City Ambassadors, Inc. receive
3 designation as the organization approved by the City of Cartsbad to conduct the relationships
4 with Futtsu, Japan and Kartovy Vary, Czech Republic and to promote the sister cities program
5 for the benefit of the City of Cartsbad and its residents;
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7 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Cartsbad,
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^ 1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. That Council Policy No. 77 regarding the designation of a not-for-profit, community-
based organization for the establishment and management of sister city relationships
involving the City of Cartsbad is hereby adopted.
3. That Cartsbad Sister City Ambassadors, Inc. is hereby designated and approved as
the not-for-profit, community-based organization to conduct and manage the City of
Cartsbad's Sister City Program.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council
of the City of Carlsbad on the 24*^ day of April, 2012, by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
Council Members Hall, Kulchin, Blackburn and Packard.
None.
ABSENT: Council Member Douglas.
MATT HALL, Mayor
ATTEST:
(SEAL)
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