Attachment B - Resolution 631 As Amended

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City Council will appoint a Council Liaison to each sister city organization. This liaison will represent the Council at official functions and will keep the Council aware of important sister city events and activities.

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The City Manager will appoint a staff liaison with umbrella responsibility to work with sister city organizations for the purpose of coordinating communications between The City of Boulder and the individual sister city organizations, The Sister City Alliance, other international groups, and the community at large.

SECTION 2:

CRITERIA FOR ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIPS

The City of Boulder establishes the following criteria for sister city recognition: A) In order to assure that sister city affiliations are genuinely reflective of the community and are managed by citizen organizations with resources adequate to the task, sister city affiliations shall:

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Have and maintain Section 501 (c)(3) status .

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Have and maintain a Boulder-based board of directors, with the board elected by the membership, and with no member of the board being a part of any commercial venture in the sister city.

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Establish membership criteria, but membership may not be denied based upon race, religion, nationality, membership in a minority group, membership in a particular social group or because of the expression of unpopular political opinion.

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Have and maintain an annual budget, a work plan, and a fund-raising report.

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Annually submit a status report to the City Council by the 1st of March of each year which shall show compliance with items A(l), A(2), A(3), and A(4) and the policies set forth in Section 1.

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Make the elements required in A(3), A(4) and A(S) available to the public.

B) A prospective sister city should offer Boulder citizens significant exchange opportunities to enhance mutual understanding of the world's cultural diversity. In ddition, the following procedures must be followed for official sister city ecognition:

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A citizen's organization advocating a new sister city affiliation must present to the City of Boulder City Manager's Office documents that demonstrate compliance with all relevant sections of this sister city policy resolution.

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The City Manager's Office shall advise the City Council that the specified criteria and standards for affiliation have been met, and shall present to the Council any further arguments for or against the proposed affiliation.

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Sister city recognition must be approved by the Council.

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EFFECTIVE DATE

The criteria, standards and procedures established herein shall be applicable to all pending and future requests for sister city affiliation. Amended Resolution ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Boulder, Colorado this 2 l 6t day of August, 2001.

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