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10 A RESOLUTION ENDORSING CHANGZHOU, CHINA, AS A SISTER CITY; DESIGNATING THE MAYOR OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA AS AN OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE. WHEREAS, the "People-to-People Program" was inaugurated by The President of the United States in 1956 to establish greater friendship and understanding between the peoples of the United States and other nations through the medium of direct personal contact; and WHEREAS, succeeding Presidents of the United States have endorsed the program of exchange of ideas and people between the citizens of the United States and of other nations; and WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth, Virginla, has established the Mayor's Sister Cities Commission and has participated in said program of exchange with Dunedin, New Zealand, Portsmouth, England and Eldoret, Kenya; and WHEREAS, the Portsmouth Sister City Commission has recommended that, in addition to our current relationship with Dunedin, New Zealand, Portsmouth, England and Eldoret, Kenya, the City formally establish a similar program of exchange with Changzhou, China; and WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Portsmouth desires to recognize and endorse said program by establishing such a relationship with the City of Changzhou, China, in the hope that it will lead to a lasting friendship between the citizens of the two cities. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, VirginIa: 1. That this Council hereby officially endorses Changzhou, China, as a Sister City for the purpose of creating greater mutual understanding between peoples of two communities and nations. 2. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor of the City of Portsmouth be, and she hereby is, authorized to act as the official representative of the City.