Sister Cities Commission — Naperville, IL
Date: 2022-02-09

400 S. Eagle Street
 City of Naperville Naperville, IL 60540



 Meeting Agenda

 Sister Cities Commission

Wednesday, February 9, 2022 6:30 PM Meeting Rooms A & B




A. CALL TO ORDER:

B. ROLL CALL:

C. PUBLIC FORUM:

D. OLD BUSINESS:

E. REPORTS:
 22-0218 Approve Sister Cities Commission minutes of December 8, 2021

 22-0224 Receive and file the Treasurer’s Report for January 2022


 Chairman's Report - Chairman Fuhrer

 Councilwoman's Report - Councilwoman Patty Gustin

 Website Update - Chairman Fuhrer and Councilwoman Gustin

 Foundation Update - Commissioners Wang and Foyo

 Sister City Update - Commissioner Lowe


F. NEW BUSINESS:

G. ADJOURNMENT:
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City of Naperville

 400 S. Eagle Street
 Naperville, IL 60540




Meeting Minutes - Final

 Wednesday, February 9, 2022

 6:30 PM



 Meeting Rooms A & B



Sister Cities Commission
Sister Cities Commission Meeting Minutes - Final February 9, 2022


A. CALL TO ORDER:

 Lance Fuhrer called to meeting to order at 6:40 p.m.

B. ROLL CALL:

 PRESENT:

 Sophia Luo
 Bill Donofrio
 Lance Fuhrer
 Neelam Saboo
 Alan Lowe

 ABSENT: Arista Wang, Peter Foyo, Vidya Joshi

 Wang was not present for roll call, but later joined the meeting at 6:56 pm.

 STUDENTS PRESENT: Zachary Wu, Tamana Ramkumar

 STAFF PRESENT: Councilwoman Gustin




C. PUBLIC FORUM:

 Tony Chamberlain and Arun Mani introduced themselves to the Commission
 and expressed their interest in joining the Sister Cities Commission. Both
 parties have applications on file.

D. OLD BUSINESS:

E. REPORTS:

 Approve Sister Cities Commission minutes of December 8, 2021

 Alan Lowe motioned to approve the minutes of December 8, 2022, seconded by
 Bill Donofrio.
 Motion passed by the following vote: AYES (5): Luo, Donofrio, Fuhrer, Saboo,
 Lowe NAYS: (0)


 Receive and file the Treasurer’s Report for January 2022

 Neelam did not have a report to receive and file.

 Chairman's Report - Chairman Fuhrer

 Chairman Fuhrer announces that we received SECA funding for the Hispanic
 Festival scheduled for September 17, 2022.
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 Councilwoman's Report - Councilwoman Patty Gustin

 Councilwoman Gustin provided an update on the ambulance. The fire chief will
 be providing a list of equipment with more details around the type of equipment.

 Website Update: City Staff said that the Sister Cities Foundation will be
 managed by the Foundation.

 Councilwoman Gustin plans to invite City Attorney, Mike DiSanto to give OMA
 training at our next general meeting.This will be a great opportunity for our
 Commissioners to ask questions about the rules around public meetings.

 Neelam mentioned that a non-profit organization reached out to her for an
 interview on Sister Cities. Councilwoman Gustin asked Neelam if she is
 comfortable giving an interview and if not to reach out the Councilwoman or one
 of our Commissioners.

 Alan brought up the importance of having checks and balance between the
 Commission and the Foundation. How can we best achieve this.




 Website Update - Chairman Fuhrer and Councilwoman Gustin

 Councilwoman Gustin is going to reach out to NCTV to ask about procuring the
 video from last year's Hispanic Festival to add to our website to promote the
 upcoming festival.


 Foundation Update - Commissioners Wang and Foyo

 Shafeek discussed the members on the Foundation. We now have Arista, Peter
 and Tina all serving on the Foundation, as well as Patty, Brent, Melissa, and
 Roberto.



 Sister City Update - Commissioner Lowe

 Commission Lowe encouraged the other commissioners to sign up on the
 Illinois and International Sister Cities sites so that they will receive email
 notifications about upcoming events and Sister Cities business.

 Alan discussed working on a proposal to engage with Nitra and Cancun for
 exchange students.


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F. NEW BUSINESS:

 Commissioner Lowe discussed the amount number of people on the
 Commission. We have one opening. CW Gustin will discuss appointing a new
 Commission with the Mayor. We have some applications on file.

 Commissioner Lowe discussed: donating tablets or laptops to the school in
 Cancun, but after discussion the logistics of this proposal are not feasible.

 Neelam discussed sending students kits and a possible Lego program to teach
 them coding.

 Alan stated that these are good ideas to connect with Cancun Sister Cities. He
 suggested that Shruti and Neelam work on pen pal project and the lego
 program.




G. ADJOURNMENT:

 Chairman Fuhrer adjourned the meeting.




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