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61 APPENDIX E – SAN LEANDRO SISTER CITY AND FRIENDSHIP CITY GUIDELINES CRITERIA FOR ESTABLISHING A SISTER CITY AND FRIENDSHIP CITY AFFILIATIONS In adherence to the goals of President Eisenhower’s People to People Program to offer opportunities for people of all ages to experience, explore and absorb other cultures through long-term partnerships, the City of San Leandro sets forth the following guidelines for developing its Sister City and Friendship City affiliations. These relationships are intended to transcend transitory political or social concerns, and lead to ongoing community involvement with Sister City and Friendship City regions and people. It is recognized that Friendship City affiliations are less formal and more limited in scope than Sister City affiliations, consisting of less administrative and financial expectations. SISTER CITY SELECTION CRITERIA a) A city chosen for a Sister City affiliation should be located in a country that has established diplomatic relations with the United States. There should be the potential for genuine people-to-people contact; communication and visitation should be able to occur freely in both directions. b) The proposed city should be similar in population, and/or role in the region, and/or have cultural, educational, socio-economic, governmental, or other tangible features in common with San Leandro, making it an appropriate Sister City. c) There must be residential community and cultural ties between San Leandro and the proposed city. The relationship should not be economically driven. d) The proposed city must be in a country not already represented by San Leandro’s Sister Cities, and ideally, to maintain balance in the program should be of a different linguistic or cultural group than San Leandro’s existing Sister Cities. FRIENDSHIP CITY SELECTION CRITERIA a) A city chosen for a Friendship City affiliation should be located in a country that has established diplomatic relations with the United States. b) The proposed city should have cultural, demographic, economic, or other tangible features similar to those of San Leandro. COMMUNTY INVOLVEMENT It is acknowledged that the Sister City affiliations with Ribeirao Preto, Ponta Delgada and Naga are long standing and were formed in a cooperative effort between City and community representatives. For all new Sister City and Friendship City affiliations, there should be an organized group of residents and business owners in San Leandro willing and capable of supporting and building the relationship. For new affiliations, viability of the organization should be demonstrated by submitting their statement of intent for review by the City Council Rules Committee. Their statement should include: a) Planned activities for the first year of the relationship. b) A list of volunteers, professionals or other organizations committed to supporting the program and responding in a timely fashion to overtures from the Sister City or Friendship City, to working with City DRAFT