Cities Forward Initiative Charter of Cooperation with Hermosillo, Mexico Copyrighted
April 15, 2024
City of Dubuque Consent Items # 014.
City Council Meeting
ITEM TITLE: Cities Forward Initiative Charterof Cooperationwith Hermosillo, Mexico
SUM MARY: City Manager recommending approval of a Cooperation Charter between
Dubuque, lowa, USA and Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.
SUGGESTED Suggested Disposition: Receive and File;Approve
DISPOSITION:
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Type
MVM Memo City Manager Memo
Memo Charter of Cooperation Staff Memo
Charter of Cooperation Supporting Documentation
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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Cities Forward Initiative Charter of Cooperation with Hermosillo, Mexico
DATE: April 8, 2024
Director of Sustainability Gina Bell is recommending City Council approval of a
Cooperation Charter between Dubuque, lowa, USA and Hermosillo, Sonora, MEXICO.
This memorandum of understanding serves as a formal agreement between the two
cities, outlining our plans for technical assistance, shared knowledge, and an ongoing
commitment to advance sustainability, resilience, and inclusion in both cities. There is
no budget impact.
The three thematic areas we've agreed to focus on are: brownfields redevelopment,
fleet electrification, and renewable energy. In addition, we will learn more about
increasing tree canopy and community engagement.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
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TO: Michael Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Gina Bell, Director of Sustainability
SUBJECT: Cities Forward Initiative Charter of Cooperation with Hermosillo, Mexico
DATE: April 4, 2024
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this memo is to request City Council approval of a Cooperation Charter between
Dubuque, lowa, USA and Hermosillo, Sonora, MEXICO.
BACKGROUND
The City of Dubuque was one of twelve U.S. cities chosen to participate in the Cities Forward
Initiative —a collaborative partnership of the U.S. Department of State, ICLEI — Local
Governments for Sustainability, Resilient City Catalyst, and the Institute of the Americas. The
program provides peer-to-peer exchange, capacity building and diplomatic engagement, all
focused on implementing projects that solve critical urban challenges around sustainability,
inclusivity, and resiliency and takes place over three years.
Cities Forward is guided by three key principles: 1) It will be city-led: local stakeholders will lead
action plan design and local project implementation; 2) The least are first: actions taken must
benefit the cities' poorest, most vulnerable citizens; and 3) Sustainability: solutions must be
environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable.
In September 2023, City Councilor Laura Roussell and I traveled to Mexico City to meet our city
partners from Hermosillo and attend the kickoff ineeting and orientation.
DISCUSSION
This memorandum of understanding serves as a formal agreement between the two cities,
outlining our plans for technical assistance, shared knowledge, and an ongoing commitment to
advance sustainability, resilience, and inclusion in both cities. The three thematic areas we've
agreed to focus on are: brownfields redevelopment, fleet electrification, and renewable energy. In
addition, we will learn more about increasing tree canopy and community engagement.
BUDGETIMPACT
There is no budget impact.
REQUESTED ACTION
I respectfully request City Council approval of the Charter of Cooperation between Dubuque and
Hermosillo.
Attachments
Cities Forward Initiative Charter
Cities Forward Cooperation Charter Between
Dubuque, lowa, USA and Hermosillo, Sonora, MEXICO
Acuerdo de Cooperacion entre Dubuque, lowa, EEUU y Hermosillo, Sonora,
MEXICO en el marco del programa Ciudades en Movimiento
English Espanol
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING MEMORANDUM DE ENTENDIMIENTO
Parties Partes
This Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") is Este Memorando de Entendimiento ("MDE") es
made by and among the City of Dubuque, lowa, and un acuerdo entre la Ciudad de Dubuque, lowa,
the City of Hermosillo, Mexico. The parties to this Estados Unidos y la Ciudad de Hermosillo,
MOU may be referred to individually as "party" and/or Sonora, Mexico. Las partes de este MDE podran
"each party" and collectively referred to as "Party ser referidas individualmente como "parte" y/o
Members." "cada parte" y colectivamente referidos como
"Las partes".
This cooperation charter outlines a commitment to
bilateral communication and collaboration that would Este acuerdo de cooperacion describe el
enhance sustainability, resilience, and inclusion in compromiso de las dos ciudades para avanzar
their respective communities. The Party Members una colaboracion bilateral con la finalidad de
enter into an agreement to work together to build and mejorar la calidad de las politicas publicas y
reinforce bilateral strategies for cooperation, peer-to- acciones de sustentabilidad, resiliencia e
peer exchange, and knowledge sharing. inclusion en sus respectivas comunidades. Las
partes firman un acuerdo para trabajar juntos,
construir y reforzar estrategias bilaterales para la
cooperacion, intercambio entre pares y compartir
conocimiento.
1. Iniciativa Ciudades en Movimiento:
1. Cities Forward Initiative: Este acuerdo respalda la iniciativa Ciudades en
Movimiento, una asociacion colaborativa del
This agreement supports the Cities Forward initiative, Departamento de Estado de EE.UU, ICLEI-
a collaborative partnership of the U.S. Department of Gobiernos Locales para la Sustentabilidad,
State, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, Resilient Cities Catalyst, y el Instituto de las
Resilient Cities Catalyst, and The Institute of the Americas, la cual apoya el intercambio entre
Americas, provides peer-to-peer exchange, capacity pares, el desarrollo de capacidades y
building, and city-to-city engagement, all focused on compromiso de ciudad a ciudad, todo enfocado
implementing projects that solve critical urban en implementar proyectos que resuelvan
challenges around sustainability, inclusivity, and desafios urbanos criticos en torno a la
resiliency. sostenibilidad, inclusividad y resiliencia.
Estos tres principios claves guiaran a las partes
These three key principles will guide Cities Forward en el programa Ciudades en Movimiento:
Party Members:
• Liderazgo de las ciudades: las partes
City-led: local stakeholders will lead action interesadas lideraran el diseno del plan
• plan design and local project implementation. de accion y la implementacion del
• Inclusive: actions taken must benefit the proyecto local.
cities' poor, underserved, and • Inclusion: las acciones que se tomen
underrepresented residents. deben beneficiar a los grupos
• Sustainable: solutions must be vulnerables y subrepresentados de las
environmentally, economically, and socially ciudades.
sustainable. • Sustentabilidad: las soluciones deben
tener un enfoque ambiental, economico
y sustentable.
2. Parties Agree To:
2.Las partes acuerdan:
2.1 Designate a political and technical focal point for
the implementation of this agreement. 2.1. Designar un punto focal politico y tecnico
para la implementacion de este acuerdo.
2.2 Participate in bilateral virtual meetings throughout
the 3-year duration of the Cities Forward program. 2.2 Participar en reuniones virtuales bilaterales a
Additionally, at least 3 meetings will be held between lo largo de los 3 anos que abarca la duracion del
now and June 2024, where the parties will have the programa de Ciudades en Movimiento. Ademas,
opportunity to meet in person. These include the se Ilevaran a cabo un minimo de 3 reuniones
participation of political representatives during the 1st desde ahora hasta junio de 2024, mediante las
Hemispheric Dialogue and the ICLEI World Congress cuales, las partes tendran la oportunidad de
to be held in June 2024. reunirse en persona. Entre ellas, destaca la
participacion de representantes politicos durante
2.3 Promote opportunities for bilateral knowledge el 1er Dialogo Hemisferico y el Congreso
exchange, through which each party can share Mundial de ICLEI que se realizara en el mes de
successes and identify opportunities for learning and lunio de 2024.
growth from their pairing.
2.3 Promover oportunidades para el intercambio
2.4 Participate in a bilateral cooperation cycle that will bilateral de conocimientos, mediante el cual,
aim to jointly develop possible products that can be cada parte pueda compartir exitos e identificar
shared with other Cities Forward participants oportunidades de aprendizaje y crecimiento a
partir de su emparejamiento.
2.5 Commit to local stakeholder engagement and 2.4 Participar de un ciclo de cooperacion
bringing the voices of the underserved and bilateral que tendra como objetivo el desarrollo
underrepresented members of their community into en conjunto de posibles productos que puedan
the bilateral discussions. compartirse con otros participantes de Ciudades
en Movimiento.
2.6 Participate in bilateral calls for proposals, initially
facilitated by ICLEI-Local Governments for 2.5 Comprometerse a promover una cooperacion
Sustainability (USA, MECS, SAMS). The parties will entre los diversos actores de cada uno de los
also work to maintain ties and continue their territorios, involucrando a las voces de grupos
collaboration towards the end of the program. vulnerables y subrepresentados de su
comunidad a las discusiones bilaterales.
2.6 Participar en convocatorias bilaterales,
inicialmente facilitadas por ICLEI-Gobiernos
3. Additional Explorations Locales para la Sustentabilidad (USA, MECS,
SAMS). Las partes, ademas, trabajaran para
mantener los lazos y continuar su colaboracion
In addition to the agreements outlined above, the hacia el final del programa .
Parties agree to explore the following areas to
enhance cooperation and peer-to-peer learning: 3. Exploraciones adicionales
Ademas de los acuerdos descritos
3.1 Common Thematic Areas of Interest anteriormente, las partes acuerdan explorar las
siguientes areas para mejorar la cooperacion y
aprendizaje entre pares:
• Brownfields Redevelopment
Fleet Electrification 3.1 Areas Tematicas de Interes Comun
• Solar Renewab/e Energy
• Reurbanizacion de terrenos
abandonados o restaurados
• E/ectrificacion de flotas
• Energia renovable so/ar
3.2 Goals 3.2 Goa/s
• Facilitate information exchange on zoning . Facilitar el intercambio de informacibn
and soil testing methodologies, alongside sobre metodologias de zonificacion y
strategies for revitalizing spaces post- pruebas de suelo, junto con estrategias
brownfie/d mitigation, incorporating urban para revitalizar espacios despues de la
greenery initiatives. mitigacion de terrenos baldios,
• Share detailed plans and results of the incorporando iniciativas de vegetacion
Hermosillo police fleet's electrification, urbana.
including EVSE infrastructure, to benchmark . Compartir planes detallados y resultados
and identify opportunities for replicating these de la electrificacion de la flota policial de
successfu/models in Dubuque. Hermosillo, incluida la infraestructura de
• Exchange insights on solar energy projects, EVSE, para establecer referencias e
emphasizing infrastructure expansion, identificar oportunidades para replicar
technical assistance, and best practice estos modelos exitosos en Dubuque.
sharing. . Intercambiar perspectivas sobre
proyectos de energia solar, enfatizando
la expansion de infraestructura,
3.3 Short& Medium Term Output Ideas asistencia tecnica y el intercambio de
mejores practicas.
• Document the cooperation process for
effective communication and knowledge 3.3 Ideas de Resultados a Corto y Mediano
transfer among various city administration Plazo.
teams
• Documentar el proceso de cooperacion
para una comunicacion efectiva y
transferencia de conocimientos entre los
4. Term distintos equipos de administracion de la
ciudad.
This MOA shall become effective on the date all of 4. Termino
the parties have signed this MOA and be in effect Este MDE entrara en vigor en la fecha en que
until May 31, 2026 todas las partes lo hayan firmado y finalizara el
31 de mayo de 2026.
It should be noted that, should elections be held in
the city where this program is being developed for a Cabe destacar que, en caso de que se realicen
change of government at local level, the party elecciones en la ciudad donde se este
involved undertakes to integrate the theme of Cities desarrollando este programa para un cambio de
Forward into its transition and change of gobierno a nivel local, la parte involucrada se
administration process, in keeping with local laws and
customs, in order to incorporate the
previously made in response to this
agenda of the new government structure
HERMOSILLO, SONORA, MEXICO.
Dated:
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commitments compromete a integrar el tema de Ciudades
call into the hacia Adelante en su proceso de transici6n y
cambio de administraci6n, de acuerdo con las
leyes y costumbres locales, con el fin de
incorporar los compromisos previamente
establecidos en respuesta a esta convocatoria
en la agenda de la nueva estructura
gubernamental.
HERMOSILLO, SONORA, MEXICO.
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