SCC Home
Meeting Agenda
Meeting Minutes
 
Focus Areas & Criteria to Establish Sister City Relationships
Request for a Sister City Application Form
 
Milpitas and Dagupan MOU
Parent Advisory
Dagupan Exchange

Trip Application
Dagupan, Philippines

 
Milpitas and Huizhou MOU

Adult Application
Huizhou, China

Student Application
Huizhou, China

 
Milpitas and Tsukuba MOU
Parent Advisory
Tsukuba Exchange
Trip Application
Tsukuba, Japan
 
  

Welcome to the City of Milpitas
Sister Cities Commission

Founded May 21, 1996. The Milpitas Sister Cities Commission (SCC) serves as an advisory body to the City Council on matters affecting sister cities relationships, programs, and activities. This Sister Cities Commission will also review applications for sister city affiliations and forward recommendations to the City Council for the establishment of future agreements. Members are appointed to three-year terms and alternates are appointed to two-year terms. The Milpitas Unified School District also has a non-voting member appointed to the Commission.

* Commission Bylaws (PDF 70KB)

Meets: 7:00 p.m. at the City Hall Committee Room, 455 E. Calaveras Blvd. on the 4th Thursday of every month.
   
Liaison Members:
Bob Livengood, City Council (586-3026)
Carmen Montano, MUSD (956-0559)

Staff Members:
Cindy Maxwell, Principal Administrative Analyst (586-3287)
Holly Cuciz, Public Works Secretary (586-2602)

*Most documents (MOUs, Applications, Info on the left side bar) on this page are in PDF format. The files requires an Adobe Acrobat Reader, which may be downloaded for free by clicking on the icon below.


Find out how students and adults may get involved with international diplomacy! Sister city relationships promote peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation - one individual, one community at a time.

Tsukuba City, Japan
2006 marks the 10th Anniversary of Milpitas’ Sister City relationship with Tsukuba City, Japan.

Find out more about Tsukuba, Japan!


Huizhou Municipality, China
Milpitas’ Sister City relationship with Huizhou, China began in 2004 and was recently extended another two years to 2008.

Find out more about Huizhou, China!


City of Dagupan, Philippines
Milpitas’ Sister City relationship with Dagupan, Philippines began in 2003.

Find out more about City of Dagupan, Philippines!


COMMISSION MEMBERS

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Dennis Grilli, Chair

Term Expires:

September, 2008

 

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Debra Dugdale,
Vice Chair

Term Expires:

September, 2010


Vacant

Term Expires:

September, 2008

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Roselda Mateo

Term Expires:

September, 2010

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Massoud Arefi

Term Expires:

September, 2009

Commissioner Wan
Oliver Wan

Term Expires:

September, 2010

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Beverly McCarter

Term Expires:

September, 2009

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Maria Magdalena Ortega
Alternate Member #1

Term Expires:

September, 2008

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Nolan Chen
Alternate Member #2

Term Expires:

September, 2009