Sister Cities Commission — Naperville, IL
Date: 2025-04-09

400 S. Eagle Street
 City of Naperville Naperville, IL 60540
 http://www.naperville.il.us/

 Meeting Agenda

 Sister Cities Commission

Wednesday, April 9, 2025 6:30 PM NEU


 Special Meeting



A. CALL TO ORDER:

B. ROLL CALL:

C. PUBLIC FORUM:

D. OLD BUSINESS:

E. REPORTS:
1. 25-0498 Welcome newly appointed Commissioner See to the Sister Cities
 Commission
2. 25-0471B Receive information on a Monarch Butterly Project and plan that connects
 to our Sister City in Patzcuaro, Mexico
3. 25-0471 Sister Cities upcoming topics and events


F. NEW BUSINESS:

G. ADJOURNMENT:
 Any individual with a disability requesting a reasonable accommodation in order to
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 48 hours in advance of the scheduled meeting. The Communications Department can
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 630-420-6707 or 630-305-5205 (TDD) or via e-mail at info@naperville.il.us. Every effort
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City of Naperville

 400 S. Eagle Street
 Naperville, IL 60540
 http://www.naperville.il.us/




Meeting Minutes - Final

  Wednesday, April 9, 2025

 6:30 PM

 Special Meeting

 NEU



Sister Cities Commission
Sister Cities Commission Meeting Minutes - Final April 9, 2025


A. CALL TO ORDER:

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

B. ROLL CALL:
 Present 7- Tony Chamberlain, Becky Rudolph, Daniel Bukowski, Ganesh Kar, Arun Mani,
 Abdechafi Boubkir, and Joel See
 Absent 3- Yugin Wang, Neelam Saboo, and Navya Shah


C. PUBLIC FORUM:

D. OLD BUSINESS:

E. REPORTS:

1. Welcome newly appointed Commissioner See to the Sister Cities Commission

 Arun Mani, Chair welcome our newly appointed Commissioner, Dr.Joel See to
 the Sister Cities Commission.

2. Receive information on a Monarch Butterly Project and plan that connects to our Sister
 City in Patzcuaro, Mexico
 Commissioner See introduced the Monarch Butterfly Project and the short and
 long term goals around this project. Commissioner See led the discussion on
 identifying land to create a garden, maintenance of the garden, sustainability,
 signage to promote our organization and identifying other potential locations.

 Ben Mjolsness, Sustainability Manager for the City of Naperville joined the
 discussion and he has met with the Homeowner's Association for Brookdale
 and they are on board to discuss an agreement to provide land.




3. Sister Cities upcoming topics and events

 Commissioner Rudolph looked into the Student Leadership Summit Program
 and organizers want a recommendation letter from the Commission. A
 suggestion would be to set a criteria that a student would have to meet in order
 for us to recommend a student for this program. Commissioner Rudolph
 suggests setting this as a future agenda item.




F. NEW BUSINESS:

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Sister Cities Commission Meeting Minutes - Final April 9, 2025

 Chairman Mani announced that Commissioner Chamberlain is attending Illinois
 Sister Cities Association one-day conference on May 3rd, adding that it will be a
 great time to interact and network.

 Commissioners discussed creating a funding request form to provide to the
 Foundation. The form should include project plans, funding requirements and
 what type of support we need from the Foundation.



G. ADJOURNMENT:
 A motion was made by Commission Rudolph and seconded by Commissioner
 Chamberlain to adjourn the Sister Cities Meeting of April 9, 2025 at 7:28 p.m.

 Absent: 3- Wang, Saboo, and Shah




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