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RESOLUTION
CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
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1 WHEREAS, the Sister Ciries International (SCn Program establishes greater friendship and understanding between the
2 people of trus country and other nations through the medium of direct personal contact; and
3 WHEREAS, Sister Ciries International has been endorsed by succeeding United States Federal Administrarions to be
4 conducted for the broad purpose of the exchange of ideas between ciries of the United States of America and the people of
other narions; and
6 WHEREAS, the mutual interests between people in Saint Paul, Minnesota and Manzanillo, Colima present special
7 opportunity for these two ciries iniriate educarional, cultural, and commercial exchanges; and
8 WHEREAS, international protocol refers to customs and rules ofpoliteness and courtesy between individuals, socieries and
9 govermnents and is a system of convenrions, procedures and syxnbols which express their identity and facilitate intemarional
10 relafionships; and
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12 WHEREAS, the United States Government recognizes that the pracfice of gift exchange is a part of intemarional protocol
13 and that refusing a gift may somerimes cause offense or embarrassment, or adversely affect the foreigi relations of the United
14 States.
15 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Saint Paul City Council on behalf of the people of the City of Saint Paul,
16 does hereby resolve to accept the sailfish statue as recognition of our internarional Sister-city Friendship with the City of
17 Manzanillo in the State of Colima which reinforces the cultural ties between our ciries;
18 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ALSO RESOLVED, that the sailfish statue named, Pez Vela is accepted as a gift to the City
19 of Saint Paul.
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Action Requested:
Acceptance of a"good will" gift of a siz-foot Sailfish statue &om the City of Manzanillo and the State of Colima, Me�co. This gift is
presented to the City of Saint Paul and is valued at $30,000.
Recommendations: Approve (A) or Reject (R): Personal Service Contracts Must Mswer the Following Questions:
Planning Commission 1. Has this person/firm everworked under a contract for this departmenY?
CIB Committee Yes No
Civil Service Commission 2. Has this personffirm ever been a city employee?
Yes No
3. Dces this personffirtn possess a skill not nortnally passessed by any
current city employee?
Yes No
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Initiating Problem, Issues, Opportunity (Who, What, When, Where, Why):
In August, 2002, the Cities of St. Paul and Manzanillo ernered into a Sister-city Friendship through an ageement signed by both
Mayors & ffie Governor of Colixna, Hon. Fernando Morena Pena. As a token of this Friendslup, Manzanillo, Coluna presents the statue
to the city of St. Paul.
AdvaMages If Approvetl:
Donation of the statue is part of a cultural exchange whereby a Sister Ciries exchange goodwill gifts. The sailfish statue is a reciprocal
gift to the Snoopy statue that was donated to Mananillo from the Saint Paul-Manzanillo Sister-city Friendslup Committee.
DisadvanWStes If Approved:
Minimal maintenance related to a similaz piece of e�sting public art.
DisadvaMages If Not Approved:
Intemational protocol is a complex system of rules and conventions which govexn the relationships btwn. nation-states and in
intemational organizations. According to intemational protocol, to refuse flus well-intenrioned gift, could likely cause offense,
embarrassment or otherwise aversely affect on the foreign relations btwn. the City of St. Paul and the Govemment of Manzanillo,
Colima.
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