HomeMy WebLinkAbout559RESOLUTION NO. ~~~
~HEREAS~ th~ Mayo~ and th~ City Couneil o6 th&
City o0 K~nt, Wa~h~ngton, Un~ted Stat~ o& Ame~iea, have
~~eaivtd wo~d t&at Citizen~ o& the City o6 Kalba~a-eho,
Hyogo P~e,eetu~e, Japan, have invited the City o' Kent
to beeome a Si~te~ City, and
WHEREAS, to 6o~atize ~aid town a 0 ~iliation ~eta
tio~hip, a g~oup o6 Kent Citizen~ have met and 6o~td
a Town A66itiation Comm~tte~, wkieh p~opo4t~ to ope~ate
undt~ tht Ptopl~·to-Peoplt P~og~«m, and
WHEREAS, ~aid p~opo~td Town A66iliation l4 4uppo~ted
by 4ueh elvie o~ganlzatlon~ a4 the Kent Llon4 Club, Klwanl4,
Rota~y and Junlo~ Chambe4 o6 Commt~ee, mo~t o& whiek have
etub~ in Kalba~a, and.
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WHEREAS, the United State~ 1n~o~ation Agency and
Stat~ Dep4~tm~nt ~uppo~t tke Town Ao&lLiatlon idea 44
making a majo~ eont~ibution to good wilt and batt&~
int~~natlonat unde~~tandlng,
HOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVEV BY THE MAYOR ANV
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON, UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, in a ~eguta~ meeting duty a4~embted
that they and the Citizen~ o 0 the City oo Kent, W44hington,
he~ewith aeeept the invitation o' the City oa K4iba~a-eho,
Hyogo P~t&tetu~e, Japan, to beeome it4 Si4tt~ City, to
~neou~age the txehange o& ldea4, euttu~e, 4tudeAt4, and
othe~ p~og~4m4 o' a mi4eeltaneo~ n4tu~e dt4igned to
'aelllt4tt the ~etation4hip bttw~en the two eltl~ and
to e~t~e bette~ lntt~national unde~tanding and good
witt between the Cltlztn4 o 0 the two eitie4.
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