Sister Cities Commission — Naperville, IL
Date: 2023-01-24

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



 Meeting Agenda

 Sister Cities Commission

Tuesday, January 24, 2023 6:30 PM NEU




A. CALL TO ORDER:

B. ROLL CALL:

C. PUBLIC FORUM:

D. OLD BUSINESS:

E. REPORTS:
 23-0085 Approve Sister Cities Commission minutes of October 11, 2022


CHAIRMAN REPORT - LANCE FUHRER

SISTER CITIES FOUNDATION: SHAFEEK ABUBAKER

SISTER CITIES UPDATE NEWS/UPDATE: ALAN LOWE

NEELAM SABOO: TREASURER'S REPORT


F. NEW BUSINESS:

G. ADJOURNMENT:
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City of Naperville

 400 S. Eagle Street
 Naperville, IL 60540




Meeting Minutes - Final

  Tuesday, January 24, 2023

 6:30 PM



 NEU



Sister Cities Commission
Sister Cities Commission Meeting Minutes - Final January 24, 2023


A. CALL TO ORDER:

 Chairman Fuhrer called the meeting to order at 6:35 p.m.

B. ROLL CALL:

 PRESENT: Arista Wang, Bill Donofrio, Alan Lowe, Lance Fuhrer, Tony
 Chamberlain, Arun Mani, Neelam Saboo

 ABSENT: Sophia Luo, Becky Anderson

 Student Representatives: Zach Wu, Mohammad Khan

 Staff Present: Rachel Pruneda, Assistant to the Mayor

 Sister City Foundation: Roberto Ramirez, Patty Gustin

C. PUBLIC FORUM:

 There were no speakers under Public Forum

D. OLD BUSINESS:

E. REPORTS:

 Approve Sister Cities Commission minutes of October 11, 2022

 Motion was made by Commissioner Mani and seconded by Commissioner
 Donofrio to approve the Sister Cities Minutes of October 11, 2022. Motion
 passed by voice vote.
CHAIRMAN REPORT - LANCE FUHRER

SISTER CITIES FOUNDATION: SHAFEEK ABUBAKER

 Shafeek Abubaker was not present at the meeting. No report was provided.

SISTER CITIES UPDATE NEWS/UPDATE: ALAN LOWE

 Commission Lowe provided information about sharing costs with the organizers
 of the Irish Festival for the fencing around Central Park. The Irish Festival will be
 held just a week apart from the Hispanic festival, which provides an opportunity
 for cost sharing. The fencing is a huge expenditure and this would cut down on
 costs/expenses tremendously.

 Commissioner Lowe said that he and Terry O'Dowd discussed possibly adding
 Ireland as a Sister City. Chairman Fuhrer added to this discussion and said this
 is certainly something we can look into.




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Sister Cities Commission Meeting Minutes - Final January 24, 2023

 Roberto Ramirez, Sister City Foundation member was involved when we added
 Pátzcuaro, Mexico as a Sister City in 2010. Roberto said that they had a
 established a committee to do an assessment of the City in Mexico to see if
 they were a match and reported back to Council on their findings. Roberto
 suggests touring a city in Ireland and presenting findings to the Commission for
 a vote.

 Chairman Fuhrer stated that he would conduct some researching to see which
 towns are comparable to Naperville.

 Chairman Mani asked how do we find a City? Chairman Lance stated that there
 would be a sitting commission in another country and that would be a good
 start.
NEELAM SABOO: TREASURER'S REPORT


F. NEW BUSINESS:

 Commissioner Donofrio is working with a Mexican artist to bring a alebrije
 sculpture to the Naperville area. He will reach out to the library to see if they
 have an interest in displaying this sculpture. It's a huge piece, approximately 14
 feet by 9 feet and the shipping costs and other fees will most likely be around
 $800, but exact costs are unknown at this time. Cantigny had several alebrije
 sculptures on display in the past.

 Patty Gustin (Foundation member) asked for more information: what are the
 conditions, expenses, liability associated with moving and displaying this
 artwork.

 Chairman Fuhrer asked Commissioner Donofrio to bring this back with a
 proposal and if the Commission wishes to pursue this, we could bring it back
 for a vote, provided we have all of the information associated to costs, etc.

 The overall consensus is that we would like to pursue this and get more
 information.




G. ADJOURNMENT:

 Meeting was adjourned at 7:33 p.m. motioned by Tony Chamberlain, seconded
 by Arista Wang. Motion passed by voice vote.




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