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ADOPTION OF SISTER CITY (B)
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE CITY OF _____________, MISSISSIPPI, AS A SISTER CITY UNDER THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISASTER RELIEF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM; MAKING FINDINGS; AUTHORIZING THE PROPER CITY OFFICIALS TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed resolution.
explanation
Governor Bush has requested the Florida League of Cities to work with the Mississippi Municipal League to create an “Adopt-A-City” – type program. With this in mind, the City Commission, at its last meeting of Monday, September 12th, embraced the concept of the City of Gainesville adopting a Sister City in Mississippi.
T.E.A.M. requests that the City Commission allow the City of Gainesville to adopt a city in Mississippi as its Sister City by resolution. As of the printing of the agenda, T.E.A.M. is still in the process of selecting the appropriate City.
Through the adoption of the Resolution and entering into an Interlocal Agreement, the City of Gainesville will be able to provide surplus goods, supplies and materials, as well as personnel, to the selected City in order to help that City to resume normal operations. This Program and Agreement does not supercede existing or future mutual aid agreements, but is supplemental to all other interlocal agreements. The offer of support is purely optional and non-obligatory to any department of the City, and will fall within existing budgetary limitations.