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7.A. - Page 1 REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager October 23, 2017 SUBJECT City of Redwood City Proposed Sister City Relationship with Aguililla, Michoacan, Mexico RECOMMENDATION By motion, approve the Agreement on Establishment of Sister City Relationship between the City of Redwood City, California, United States of America, and Aguililla, Michoacan, Mexico BACKGROUND The City of Redwood City has an active Sister City and Friendship City program with three Sister Cities and two Friendship Cities. The Sister City program began in the 1990's, and the City works collaboratively with Redwood City International and other community sponsoring organizations to support the Sister City and Friendship City programs. A Sister City is an official City relationship established between the City and a city in another country to develop long-term civic and people -to -people partnerships, and promote the exchange of cultural, educational, economic and social information with international communities that have interests and characteristics similar to Redwood City. Our current Sister Cities are Zhuhai, China (1992); Colima, Mexico (1998); and Ciudad Guzman, Mexico (2013). A Friendship City is a relationship established between the City of Redwood City and a city in another country that may serve as the first stage in establishing a new Sister City relationship. City officials or staff and interested community members or organizations from the City of Redwood City and its Friendship Cities may periodically keep in contact to discuss topics of mutual interest. Our current Friendship Cities are Aguililla, Mexico (2013), and Quinyuan, China (2015). Sister City and Friendship City relationships are most effective when interested residents in the community work with interested residents in another city to promote communication and understanding among people of different nations and cultures.