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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
September 28, 1999
SISTER CITY
City Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Manager
Item to be presented by: Ken PulskaMR
Authorize Mayor to sign a letter to the Mayor of Navi Mumbai, India, inviting a delegation to
visit Santa Clarita in conjunction with the Sister City International Program.
BACKGROUND
The Santa Clarita Sister Cities International Committee has been actively pursuing the
formation of sister city relationships. On July 11, 1999, Carl Boyer, Honorary Chairman of
Santa Clarita's Sister Cities International Committee formally requested that the City Council
place on their agenda an item to consider the establishment of a sister city relationship with
Navi Mumbai, India.
As described in the attached letter from Mr. Boyer, Navi Mumbai is a planned community, and
suburb of Mumbai (better known as Bombay, and a sister of Los Angeles). Navi Mumbai has
a population of 850,000 and is a significant center of film production. If the City Council were
to approve this item, Santa Clarita would be one of about a dozen United States cities with a
relationship with India.
Santa Clarita's Sister Cities International Committee is actively working with the local Indian -
American community, who has demonstrated support for this program. Additionally, members
of this segment of our community have expressed an interest in working with our Sister Cities
International Committee to establish a relationship between Santa Clarita and a community
in India.
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS
Other action as determined by the City Council
FINANCIAL IMPACTS
There are no direct financial impacts to the City associated with the approval of this action.
ATTACHMENT
July 11, 1999 letter from Honorary Chairman Carl Boyer to Mayor Darcy
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CARL BOYER
P.O. Boa 220333
Santa Clarita, CA 91322-0333
(661) 259-3154 - eboyer@sosinet.net
July 11, 1999
Jo Anne Darcy, Mayor
City of Santa Clarita
23920 West Valencia Boulevard, Suite 300
Santa Clarita, CA 91355-2196
Dear Mayor Darcy:
As honorary chairman, I am writing on behalf of the Sister City
Committee, Kevin Keyes, President, to request that you place on the
agenda for council approval the establishment of a sister city
relationship with Navi Mumbai, India.
As you will note from the attached file (which is not complete but
accurately reflects the correspondence), Navi Mumbai is a planned
city, a suburb of Mumbai (better known as Bombay). Mumbai is a
sister city of Los Angeles. Navi Mumbai has a population of
850,000 and is a significant center of film production.
If we move ahead at this time we will be one of about a dozen U.S.
cities with a relationship with India. As you know, the Indian -
American committee has already demonstrated its support for this
program at a previous council meeting, and council has already
approved a relationship with San Gimignano, Italy.
The only cost to the City will be the continued payment of dues to
Sister Cities International. Participants in the travel programs
will pay their own expenses.
I continue to believe that this program will benefit the cultural
and economic development of Santa Clarita.
Thank you ever so much for your assistance.
Sincerely,
Carl Boyer
cc: George Caravalho