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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Sister City Committee - 12/02/2019SISTER CITY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2019 @ 12:00 P.M. JALUFKA HOUSE MEETING ROOM ITEM DISCUSSION ACTION I. Call To Order Melody Cooper, Chair, called the meeting to order at 12:11 p.m. II. Roll Call Members (P = Present A = Absent) P Melody Cooper P Almira Flores P Deacon Mark Arnold P Luis Cabrera P Gargi Bhowal P Susan "Westi" Horn Quorum was reached. Ex Oficio P Fred Segundo A Elizabeth Hardin P Shelly Rios CVB Staff P Teresa Rodriguez, Sister City Program Director P Can -nen Newton Guests Drew Jones Chief Rocha, CCFD III. Public Comment Drew Jones reported she had traveled to Yokosuka Westi Horn will follow up representing Corpus Christi and met with the current by opening a dialogue with and past Mayor(s) of the city. Drew commented that a Yokosuka Sister City delegation from Yokosuka had been in Corpus Christi representatives. in 2016 and asked if the committee was interested in celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Sister City affiliation with Yokosuka in the year 2022 by sending a delegation from Corpus Christi to Yokosuka. She added that she plans to travel to Yokosuka in 2022. Melody stated this would be brought up at a future meeting and asked Westi Horn to open dialogue with the representatives from Yokosuka. Chief Rocha of CCFD attended the committee to Chief Rocha and Teresa discuss the best date to invite the Bomberos de Rodriguez will work on the Monterrey to Corpus Christi to present them with fire invitation letter. 150' { i.. C 3 7 ;. ra! ° Co -Jus fC ,rds.. e^.Y.rs 784, 01, �Ihone 731 N, , Corpus . hrisr, Texas 7840" 3,3-881-',888 elx: 331-888-4998 v.wwNis CoTpusC hr s'dTKorc equipment they can use that the city fire department must replace due to regulations, but is still in good working condition. Tentative date was set for May 2020. IV. Approval of Minutes The minutes of the October 7, 2019 and revised Almira Flores made a November 4, 2019 meeting were presented for motion to approve both the approval as there was a quorum (Westi Horn October 7 and November 4, participated in the meeting via telephone). 2019 meeting minutes. Deacon Mark Arnold Discussion was held as to whether or not telephone seconded the motion. participation was allowed. Shelly Rios will look into Motion passed. this and report back to the committee. V. Discussion / Action Items A. Update on Agen, Melody Cooper stated the committee continues to work France on plans for a May 5 concert with members of the CC Symphony to raise fiords. Teresa Rodriguez presented a draft of the sponsorship letter and form she designed `Transatlantic Night of French Music' for review and approval. The committee decided on two changes: 1) Change the Individual Ticket price 2) Note: Contribution is Tax Deductible Deacon Mark Arnold stated he continues to work on obtaining sponsorships and asked that Teresa send him the Sponsorship Letter she created to attach to each request he sends out. B. Update on Linz, Teresa Rodriguez stated the Mayor's invitation letter Austria had been sent out and she had not yet received a response. VI. New Agenda Items A. Student Exchange The Student Exchange sub -committee reported they Committee Update will meet soon to finalize the Student Exchange application submission deadline date and also review and revise the application as necessary and will report back to the committee. VII. Other business Melody Cooper reported the Mayor's Sister City Committee will remain a city council appointed committee. The Mayor's Sister City Facebook and Website pages will be updated. VIII. Adjourn There being no further business to discuss, the meeting adjourned at 1:09p.m. 731 N, , Corpus . hrisr, Texas 7840" 3,3-881-',888 elx: 331-888-4998 v.wwNis CoTpusC hr s'dTKorc Teresa Rodriguez From: Philippe GALAN <philippe.galan@orange.fr> Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2020 5:41 PM To: Teresa Rodriguez Subject: Happy new year from Agen Attachments: Voeux 2020.pdf On behalf of all of our sister city committee i would like to wish you a very happy 2020 filled with happiness, prosperity and most of all good health. We expect to attend to the Buc Days festival in April May 2020 and meeting our friends in Corpus . Kind regards Philippe