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From: Judy Price
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2019 12:09 PM
To: Hilary Hobbs
Cc: Sarah Ring
Subject: FW: DRAFT Sister City agreement
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From: John Borrowman <John.Borrowman@canmore.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 6:26 PM
To: David Tirman <DTirman@townoftruckee.com>
Subject: RE: DRAFT Sister City agreement
Hi David,
I'm very disappointed to say that our Council isn't supportive of signing the Sister City agreement.
We had a long and generally positive discussion about it, with Councillors Marra and Comfort and myself
speaking in support of course ... but we weren't able to persuade the others. The rest of Council agrees that
there could be a benefit to connecting with other communities like Truckee, but they were concerned about
committing to something too formal.
I think that our recent experience as a sister community to Higashikawa in Japan, which I have referenced,
has left the others very hesitant about engaging in another formalized agreement.
Regardless, I do hope that we will keep in touch and share experiences through this positive relationship that
you and I have established.
Please pass along my sincere regrets to the others there who have been involved in our discussions.
With my very best regards;
John
Mayor John Borrowman
Town of Canmore
403.678.1517 office
403.678.8421 cell
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From: David Tirman <0Tirman@townoftruckee.com>
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2019 8:57 PM
To: John Borrowman <John.Borrowman@canmore.ca>
Subject: Re: DRAFT Sister City agreement
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Hi John,
Thank you for your note and for letting me know. Fingers are crossed that it goes well. All is good here in
Truckee except very dry and unseasonably warm right now. Hope that all is well with you and the Town of
Canmore. Will look forward to hearing how it goes with the Sister City discussion.
Until then, all the best!
David Tirman
Mayor
Email: dtirman@townoftruckee.com
P.530.386.1907
On Nov 18, 2019, at 10:59 AM, John Borrowman <John.Borrowman@canmore.ca> wrote:
Hi David,
Just a quick note to let you know that I have added this to the agenda for our monthly Council/CAO meeting
tomorrow morning. This meeting is when we have the opportunity to bring things that are not yet on a formal
agenda forward for a general discussion.
I hope that all is well with you, and things in Truckee are ticking along nicely!
Cheers,
John
Mayor John Borrowman
Town of Canmore
403.678.1517 office
403.678.8421 cell
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From: David Tirman <DTirman@townoftruckee.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 9:54 AM
To: John Borrowman <john.borrowmanPcanmore.ca>
Cc: Hilary Hobbs <HHobbs@townoftruckee.com>
Subject: DRAFT Sister City agreement
Hello John!
hope that this message finds you well and settled comfortably back in Canmore following your
visit to the Lake Tahoe area in mid -October. It was a real pleasure having you and Councillors
Comfort and Marra spend some time with us in Truckee. We continue to be excited about the
prospect of formalizing a relationship with Canmore in what would be our first international Sister
City relationship. Towards that end, attached is a draft Sister City agreement that could serve
the purpose in a very simple and straightforward way. I'd appreciate your review and thoughts
on the draft as to whether or not you believe that this might work for the Town of Canmore. I'm
fairly certain that our Council is ready to consider and move forward. In fact, we are hoping to
have this on the agenda at our December 10th Council meeting if possible, which would
happen to be my last Council meeting in the Mayor role.
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Please let me know if you would like to have a phone call to discuss the draft as I'd be happy to
do so. It seems like we would have quite a bit to share as communities on so many important
fronts. Thank you again for considering.
With kind regards,
David Tirman
Mayor, Town of Truckee
T: 530.386.1907
E: dtirman@townoftruckee.com
www.townoftruckee.com
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