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November 26, 1991 169 I concur and therefore ~ecommend adoption of the 9ttached resolution" establishing~ a s~ster city relationship With the peo~le~of~Eldoret, Kenya." ~'Motion~f Mr. King and secondedlby Mrs. ~Lucas, the following resolu~io~' was adopted~on flrst~and final reading., and ~y the followin~ Vote: - ' "A RESOLUTION ENDORSING~ELDQRET, KENYA?AS A.~StSTER CITY; DESIGNATING THE MAYOR OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA AS AN OFF CIAL REPRESENTATI~E~. ~ ~ ~ ~ - ~ ~ ~ ~ ~W~EREAS, the "PeOple-to,People Program" was inaugu the President of the ~nited~States im 1956 to establish friendship and understandin~ between the peoples of the States ~nd~ o~her nations through the medium Of~ dire¢~ p contact; and 'ated by greater United rsonal WHEREAS~ succeeding Presidents Of the Un~ed State endorsed the program of exchange of ideas and people be citizens of the United States and of other nations; and -~WHEREAS, the City of Portsmo~th¢ Vir~inia~ has,est the ~ayorls~Si~ter Cities Commi§sion~and has particlpat program.~of~excnanue with'Dunedin.~.Ne~ Zealand and~Ports England~ and ~, WHEREAS~ the Portsmouth Sister ~ity Commission has recommended~that, in addition to Our current relat~onsh Dunedin, 'Ne~ Zealand-and'Po~smouth, England, the City est~btish~a.similar program~of~excha~ge with E~doret, K · ~ER~AS, the Councit of'th~ Sit' of ~tsmout~'des/ recognize and endor~ezsaid program b~ establishing s~ch relationship with the City of ~idore~, Kenya in the hop will~l~ad to a lasting friendship between the citizens cities%~ ' ~ . ~ NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council~-of t Portsmouth, Virginia: . l:;, That this Counci~ hereby, officially-endorses E Kenya as a Sister City. for the purpose of creating-grea understanding between peoples of two communities and na 2. BE IT FURTHER'RESOLVED that Portsmouth be, and he hereby is', aut] r~pres~ntative of th~ City. 3'. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that hereby authorized to forward copies Worship the Mayor of Eldoret, Husein Affiliation Association of in the United States." the Mayor of the C ~orized to act as t the City-Clerk be, ~f this resolution K. Kitur, the Town United St~tes, and the Ker~ya a for' the Youth Ayes: Clemons, Corprew, Epperson, King, Hawks, L' Nays: None ~ - t r f~0~-~h~ Cliff'Manager r~c me di 91-406 Let e om n ng motion to transfer $50,000 from the Grants Continge~c Against Dr~gs~.Pr~gram. . · have ween the .blished ~d in said [outh, p with 'ormally nya; and res to a that it f the two .e City of doret, er mutual ions. ty of e official and she is o His Embassy :as doption of Account