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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING BENSENVILLE-IXTAPA/ZIHUATANEJO SISTER CITIES DELEGATION
WHEREAS, Sister Cities International, created by President Eisenhower in 1956, was created to foster peace and global relationships by creating exchanges based on government, business and trade, medical, cultural, educational, and tourism between two or more cities throughout the world; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Bensenville, Illinois and Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico desired to form a sister cities relationship under the Sister Cities International guidelines; and
WHEREAS, on November 12, 2013, during the Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo Delegation visit to Chicago, the Village of Bensenville and the City of Ixtapa/Zihuatanjo officially joined together as sister cities and entered into a formal Agreement under Resolution #R-119-2013; and
WHEREAS, on November 13, 2013, President Toni Preckwinkle and the Cook County Board of Commissioners formerly recognized the new sister cities, welcomed the Ixtapa Delegation and extended their wishes of a friendship agreement between the County of Cook and Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the President and the Cook County Board of Commissioners congratulate the sister cities of Bensenville and Ixtapa/Zihuatanjo; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a suitable copy of this resolution be tendered to the cities of Bensenville and Ixtapa/Zihuatanjo.
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