File #: 22-1480    Version: 1 Name: Resolution: Establishing Sister Cities Relationship - Pereira, Colombia (LQ)
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 10/13/2022 In control: Municipal Council
On agenda: 10/19/2022 Final action: 10/19/2022
Title: Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Establishing Sister Cities Relationship Purpose: Benefit from cultural and economic exchanges City/State/Country: Pereira, Colombia Sponsor(s): Council Member, Luis A. Quintana Additional Information: Sister Cities Relationship Agreement signing ceremony is scheduled to take place on Friday, December 9, 2022, at 3:00 P.M., in the Council Chamber.
Sponsors: Luis A. Quintana, Council of the Whole

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Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk

Action:  (   ) Ratifying     (X) Authorizing     (   ) Amending

Type of Service: Establishing Sister Cities Relationship

Purpose: Benefit from cultural and economic exchanges

City/State/Country: Pereira, Colombia                

Sponsor(s): Council Member, Luis A. Quintana

Additional Information: 

Sister Cities Relationship Agreement signing ceremony is scheduled to take place on Friday, December 9, 2022, at 3:00 P.M., in the Council Chamber.                  

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WHEREAS, the City of Newark (the “City”) recognizes the significance and necessity for global interaction; and

 

                        WHEREAS, the City acknowledges the great benefits to all residents from cultural and economic exchanges with other municipalities and towns from around the world; and

 

                     WHEREAS, the City has established a Sister Cities Program to facilitate such cultural and economic exchanges; and

 

                       WHEREAS, the City has a culturally diverse population, which includes a large Colombian community; and

 

                       WHEREAS, the City of Newark feels that it is befitting to establish a meaningful relationship with Colombian cities because of the large influx of natives that have emigrated from their Colombian homeland into the Newark Metropolitan Region bringing with them an extremely rich cultural heritage and economic opportunities.

 

                        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:

 

1.                     The Municipal Council on behalf of the people of the City of Newark does hereby extend an invitation to the government and the people of the City of Pereira, Colombia, to participate with Newark as its Sister City for the purposes of creating greater mutual understanding between the peoples of our two (2) communities.

 

2.                     Copies of this Resolution are to be sent to the Mayor and Governing Body of the City of Pereira, Colombia.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

This Resolution invites the citizens of the City of Colombia, Pereira to join the City of Newark’s Sister Cities Program.