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• RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE CHARLOTTESVILLE <br />SISTER CITIES COMMITTEE <br />WHEREAS, the City of Charlottesville and community partners are committed to <br />advancing the international understanding we have with social, cultural, educational and <br />economic ties with other parts of the world, and <br />WHEREAS, the City of Charlottesville has had "sister city" relationships with several <br />cities over the years, most notably Poggio a Caiano, Italy and Pleven, Bulgaria, and <br />WHEREAS, community partners have established relationships with Long Beach <br />Washington, and <br />WHEREAS, other groups in the community are currently working towards establishing <br />relationships with Besancon, France and Winneba, Ghana; now, therefore <br />BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of Charlottesville hereby establishes the <br />Charlottesville Sister Cities Committee and charges the Committee to provide the <br />leadership to continue (or work with new Sister City partnerships) the work that has <br />begun in these international outreach programs, and to advance our relationship with each <br />• City by connecting to the greater Charlottesville community, and <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the committee membership shall include but is not <br />limited to City Council, City Clerk of Council, Chamber of Commerce, Charlottesville - <br />Albemarle Visitors Bureau, and other community partners that have worked to establish <br />existing sister city relationships. <br />Approved by Council <br />June 19, 2006 <br />AAe�4—� 0�4 - <br />MW of City Council <br />11 <br />