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• RESOLUTION Whereas; Charlottesville and Albemarle County are central to the history of the Lewis and Clark Expedition; and Whereas; President Thomas Jefferson conceived and directed the Lewis and Clark Expedition, seeking and receiving Congressional support for it; and Whereas; Jefferson with his secretary Meriwether Lewis, a native of Albemarle County who was singularly qualified to lead the expedition, planned the journey during the summer of 1802; and Whereas; Meriwether Lewis recruited his friend and colleague William Clark, whose Virginia roots also included Albemarle County; and Whereas; the Expedition was greatly facilitated by the Louisiana Purchase negotiated by Albemarle citizen and Minister Plenipotentiary James Monroe; and Whereas; Charlottesville, Virginia is the place where this historic trip West Began; and Whereas; Lewis and Clark and their exploratory force began their journey in June 1803 with a primary goal of finding a waterway westward to the Pacific Ocean, and after more than two years of travel by foot and boat over this immense land mass, enduring hardship, illness and loss of life, they reached the Pacific Ocean goal in 1805; and • Whereas; it was on the Long Beach Peninsula that on November 7, 1805, the Corps of Discovery finally reached the Pacific Ocean and Captain Clark exclaimed "Ocean in view! O the joy; and Whereas; the Lewis and Clark Exploratory Committee has been working to create a Lewis and Clark Expedition Center in the Charlottesville -Albemarle area to teach and celebrate the intellectual and political origins of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and also to plan a Festival to celebrate the bicentennial of the Expedition; and Whereas; the Pacific County Friends of Lewis and Clark plan to erect a monument to Thomas Jefferson overlooking the Pacific Ocean at an encampment site of Lewis & Clark, and are also planning a Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Celebration; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Charlottesville and the City of Long Beach become Sister Cities to mark the relationship between Charlottesville -Albemarle as the easternmost origin and the Long Beach Peninsula as the westernmost culmination of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, to share information on the roles of our two communities in Lewis and Clark's American adventure, and to collaborate on publicizing and promoting the Bicentennial celebrations of the Lewis and Clark expedition in our communities and across the nation. Approved by Council October 4, 1999 I k of City Council