11 002 April 4, 2002
Drs. H Achmad Amins, MM
Walikota Samarinda
RE: INVITATION TO VISIT THE CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON, USA
Dear Honorable Walikota:
It has been my pleasure to meet and exchange ideas with you and your staff during our
visit to Kota Samarinda the past February. We look forward to working together with
you to address the opportunities identified in the workplan that we developed for the
Kota during our February visit. On behalf of the Tigard City Council, it is my privilege
to invite you to visit us here in the United States so that we can meet face to face,
exchange ideas and views, and work together on tasks related to the City of Tigard -
Kota Samarinda Resource Cities Program of the International City County Management
Association (ICMA).
I would like to invite the Kota Samarinda delegation to visit the City of Tigard on or
after June 1, 2002 for our second Resource Cities Program exchange. We are hopeful
that the delegation will be able to travel in the United States during June -July 2002 so
that we may begin implementing our workplan that we developed this past February.
Based on this proposed focus for the site visit, I understand that you have selected Ir. H.
Mochdar Hasan, Drs. Ali Fitri Noor, Rusman Ya'qub, and Rosita as the delegates to the
City of Tigard for the upcoming site visit. We are very excited about your selection and
are eager to begin working together with you to enhance the quality of life for Kota
Samarinda and to achieve the goals we have set to accomplish.
Again, thank you for your hospitality and warmth during our visit to your beautiful
country this past February. Please don't hesitate to contact me directly to talk further
about the proposed program for the second visit. My email address is
bill@ci.tigard.or.us if you would like to converse over the Internet.
We look forward to welcoming Kota Samarinda, our new friends, into our City of
Tigard family.
Sincerely,
William A. Monahan
City Manager
c: Charles Cameron, County Administrator
Elly Ismayani, Program Assistant, ICMA-BIGG,Jakarta
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