HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/14/2000 COW agenda COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
AGENDA
Meeting Location: Meeting Date and Time:
Mount Prospect Senior Center Tuesday, March 14, 2000
50 South Emerson Street 7:30 p.m.
I. CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL
Mayor Gerald L. Farley
Trustee Timothy Corcoran Trustee Dennis Prikkel
Trustee Paul Hoefert Trustee Michaele Skowron
Trustee Richard Lohrstorfer Trustee Irvana Wilks
II. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 22, 2000
III. CITIZENS TO BE HEARD
IV. CREATION OF SISTER CITIES COMMISSION
Beginning in the late 1980's, the Village embarked on a quest to establish a Sister Cities
relationship. Over the course of the next decade, an Ad Hoc Committee of Mount Prospect
residents convened to accomplish that goal. Several close encounters have taken place with
cities in the Czech Republic, Hungary, United Kingdom and, most recently, France.
In late 1999, Mayor Gerald L. Farley led a delegation of Mount Prospecters to the city of
Sevres, France, a suburb outside of Paris. The purpose of the trip was to explore Sevres'
interest in twinning with Mount Prospect in a formal relationship. The trip proved successful
and a delegation from Sevres was invited to visit Mount Prospect in May 2000 with the end
result being the execution of documents formalizing a Sister Cities relationship.
Since the trip to Sevres, the Sister Cities Ad Hoc Committee has been busy planning the
details of the May visit as well as deliberating over the need for the creation of a formal Sister
Cities Commission. Creation of a permanent Sister Cities Commission would give a higher
degree of credibility to the work of the group as well as give it access to the resources of the
Village.
Attached for Village Board consideration and approval is a draft Ordinance creating a Sister
Cities Commission. Also included are Minutes from the last few Ad Hoc Committee meetings
and a draft protocol that will eventually serve as the official twinning document.
Mayor Farley, members of the Ad Hoc Sister Cities Committee and appropriate Village staff
will be in attendance to answer questions and facilitate discussion.
NOTE: ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THIS MEETING BUT BECAUSE OF A
DISABILITY NEEDS SOME A CCOMMODA TION TO PARTICIPATE, SHOULD CONTA CT
THE VILLAGE MANAGER'S OFFICE AT lO0 SOUTH EMERSON, MOUNT PROSPECT,
ILLINOIS 60056, 847/392-6000, EXTENSION 5327, TDD #847/392-6064.
V. VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT
VI. ANY OTHER BUSINESS
VII. ADJOURNMENT
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