Sister Cities Commission
Regular MeetingNaperville, IL · June 9, 2021
Minutes
City of Naperville
400 S. Eagle Street
Naperville, IL 60540
Meeting Minutes - Final
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
6:30 PM
Meeting Rooms A & B
Sister Cities Commission
Sister Cities Commission Meeting Minutes - Final June 9, 2021
A. CALL TO ORDER:
B. Commissioners Present:
Alan Lowe
Lance Fuhrer (joined meeting by phone at 7:12 pm)
Julie Federico
Shafeek Abubaker (joined meeting at 7:06 pm)
Vasavi Chakka
Sophia Luo
Arista Wang
Staff Present: Councilwoman Gustin, Rachel Pruneda
Student Representatives:
Shruti Pansi
Zach Wu
C. PUBLIC FORUM:
Diana Torres Hawken
Lucia Gomez
Neelam Saboo (new Commissioner)
D. RECOGNITION:
Recognition of their years of service to the Sister Cities Commission, Shafeek Abubaker
and Vasavi Chakka both resign their positions as commissioners.
E. OLD BUSINESS:
Continue discussion of appointing a new Treasurer. A new Treasurer has not
been appointed at this time.
F. REPORTS:
Receive and file the Treasurer’s report for June 2021
Approve the Sister Cities Commission minutes of May 12, 2021
Foundation Update
The Foundation has not met and therefore did not provide an update.
Website Update
There was no website update.
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Festival Update
Continued discussion on the program schedule.
Sub-Committee Reports
G. NEW BUSINESS:
Visit from Chief Hurtado discussion. Commissioner Alan Lowe discussed the visit
from Chief Hurtado.
Discuss adding a new Sister Cities. Commissioner Alan Lowe discussed adding a
new Sister Cities in the near future by teaming with local businesses.
Discuss adding new commissioners to Sister Cities. We discussed that we still
have openings remaining on the Commission.
H. ADJOURNMENT:
Meeting adjourned at 8:23 pm
Rachel Pruneda /s/
City Staff Liasion
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Agenda
400 S. Eagle Street
City of Naperville Naperville, IL 60540
Meeting Agenda
Sister Cities Commission
Wednesday, June 9, 2021 6:30 PM Meeting Rooms A & B
A. CALL TO ORDER:
B. ROLL CALL:
C. PUBLIC FORUM:
D. RECOGNITION:
21-0790 Recognition of their years of service to the Sister Cities Commission,
Shafeek Abubaker and Vasavi Chakka both resign their positions as
commissioners.
E. OLD BUSINESS:
Continue discussion of appointing a new Treasurer
F. REPORTS:
21-0788 Receive and file the Treasurer’s report for June 2021
21-0791 Approve the Sister Cities Commission minutes of May 12, 2021
Foundation Update
Website Update
Festival Update
21-0780 Sub-Committee Reports
G. NEW BUSINESS:
Visit from Chief Hurtado discussion
Discuss adding a new Sister Cities
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Discuss adding new commissioners to Sister Cities
H. ADJOURNMENT:
Any individual with a disability requesting a reasonable accommodation in order to
participate in a public meeting should contact the Communications Department at least
48 hours in advance of the scheduled meeting. The Communications Department can
be reached in person at 400 S. Eagle Street, Naperville, IL., via telephone at
630-420-6707 or 630-305-5205 (TDD) or via e-mail at info@naperville.il.us. Every effort
will be made to allow for meeting participation.
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