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Sister City 2020/10/26 CITY OF ANAHEIM SISTER CITY COMMISSION MINUTES October 26, 2020 TELECONFERENCE (877) 594-8353 – Participant Code: 92121081 COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Kevin Barrot, Taline Cole, James Dinwiddie II, Lori Dinwiddie, Emily Fuentes, Steven Kleine, Elizabeth Jabaz, Larry L. Larsen, Germaine Neumann, Anna Piercy, Brian O’Neal, LaShé Rodriguez and Brian Stanley COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Paul Anderson and Mark Roeske STAFF PRESENT: Kimberly Kelemen, Community Services Maggie Solorio, City Manager’s Office GUESTS PRESENT: None SPECIAL NOTICE DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC On March 4, 2020, Governor Newsom proclaimed a State of Emergency in California as a result of the threat of COVID-19. On March 17, 2020, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-29-20 (superseding the Brown Act-related provisions of Executive Order N-25-20 issued on March 12, 2020), which allows a local legislative body to hold public meetings via teleconferencing and to make public meetings accessible telephonically or otherwise electronically to all members of the public seeking to observe and to address the local legislative body. Pursuant to Executive Order N-29-20, please be advised that the Sister City Commission members will participate in this meeting remotely. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: Pursuant to Executive Order N-29-20 and given the current health concerns, members of the public can access the meeting live and participate telephonically by calling (877) 594-8353 and entering Participant Code: 92121081. If you desire to address the Anaheim Sister City Commission, please do so when called upon under Agenda Item VI. Public Comment. In addition, members of the public can submit comments electronically for the Sister City Commission consideration by sending them to sistercity@anaheim.net. To ensure distribution to the Sister City Commission prior to consideration of the agenda, please submit comments prior to 12:00 p.m. the day of the meeting. Those comments, as well as any comments received after 12:00 p.m., will be distributed to the Sister City Commission members and will be made part of the official public record of the meeting. Contact Maggie Solorio (msolorio@anaheim.net) with any questions. Anaheim Sister City Commission October 26, 2020 Page 2 Agenda Posting: A complete copy of the Anaheim Sister City Commission Agenda was posted on Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. at Anaheim City Hall. Public Input: Chair Taline Cole explained that members of the public are invited to address the Anaheim Sister City Commission and will be called upon under Agenda Item No. VI. Public Comment. I. CALL TO ORDER Chair Taline Cole called the meeting of the Anaheim Sister City Commission (ASCC) to order at 4:05 p.m. on Monday, October 26, 2020. II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MOTION: Commissioner Brian O’Neal offered a Motion, seconded by Commissioner Anna Piercy AND MOTION CARRIED (Vote: 12-0; Absent: Paul Anderson and Mark Roeske; Abstained: Germaine Neumann) that the Anaheim Sister City Commission does hereby approve the minutes from the ASCC meeting held on August 24, 2020 as presented. III. APPROVAL OF TREASURER’S REPORT Treasurer James Dinwiddie presented the Treasurer’s Report dated October 20, 2020 with a balance of $15,800.36 and noted there had been no changes in the account since February. MOTION: Commissioner Brian O’Neal offered a Motion, seconded by Commissioner Larry Larsen AND MOTION CARRIED (Vote: 12-0; Absent: Paul Anderson and Mark Roeske; Abstained: Germaine Neumann) that the Anaheim Sister City Commission does hereby approve the Treasurer’s Report dated October 20, 2020 as presented. IV. MITO OUTBOUND STUDENT EXCHANGE Chair Taline Cole announced the 2021 Student Exchange Program has been cancelled. She reached out to Mr. Wong and he responded that Mito is not going to be sending or accepting students in 2021. Chair asked for thoughts or discussion on the students that had been selected to go to Mito earlier this year. After some discussion, the Commission decided all students are to reapply if they wish to participate in next student exchange. Anaheim Sister City Commission October 26, 2020 Page 3 MOTION: Commissioner Jim Dinwiddie offered a Motion, seconded by Commissioner Brian O’Neal AND MOTION CARRIED (Vote: 13-0; Absent: Paul Anderson and Mark Roeske) that the Anaheim Sister City Commission does hereby officially cancel the 2021 Mito Student Exchange Program. Commissioner Steve Kleine is going to notify the students that were selected to go in 2020 of the 2021 Student Exchange cancellation and invite the eligible students to reapply. V. SISTER CITY GUIDELINES/EXPLORATION Commissioner Emily Fuentes put together the following guidelines when considering a new sister city relationship:  Similarity in Size  Idea Exchanges – Public Transportation  Geographical Location  Cultural Representation in Anaheim  Human Rights  Student Exchanges  Similar Businesses and Trades Commissioner Germaine Neumann suggested prioritizing the languages in the dual emersion programs in order to support those school programs. The Anaheim Elementary School District offers Spanish and Korean dual emersion programs and the Anaheim High School District has Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean and Arabic dual emersion programs. Commissioner Brian Stanley mentioned he has been international business and lived in eight different countries and that is why he wanted to join this commission because he sees where some of his knowledge from living in different countries will help Anaheim because Anaheim is his city. There is a lot of great cities and places that he thinks the Commission should be looking at in Taiwan or Singapore or Japan that have a lot of similarities with Anaheim where they could be diversifying and helping people as a general rule. He thinks the Commission should be doing something to make Anaheim more diverse. Commissioner Jim Dinwiddie suggested adding a provision for the community to have the ability to raise funds for events. Commissioner Lori Dinwiddie suggested that the City should have a resort area or some type of tourism. The guidelines will be updated with the suggested changes and will be discussed at the next meeting. Anaheim Sister City Commission October 26, 2020 Page 4 VI. PUBLIC COMMENT None. VII. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS Commissioner James Dinwiddie asked if staff new when new commissioners were going to be appointed by Council. Kimberly Kelemen advised staff is keeping a close eye on that and will let the Commission know when that gets agendized. VIII. STAFF COMMENTS None. IX. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 4:50 p.m. to Monday, November 23, 2020 at 4:00 p.m.