THOUSAND OAKS : Ties to Armenian Town to Be Weighed
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Thousand Oaks officials may formalize a sister-city relationship with a town in Soviet Armenia under a resolution scheduled to be presented to the City Council on Tuesday.
Adoption of the resolution would cement ties between the city and Spitak, Armenia, a small town that was devastated by a massive earthquake that hit Soviet Armenia nearly three years ago.
The resolution, prepared by a subcommittee of the council, would allow for the planning of professional, educational and cultural exchanges through Sister Cities International, a group based in Alexandria, Va., that mediates such relationships.
Only one other U.S. city, Cambridge, Mass., has a sister city in Armenia. The capital city, Yerevan, is Cambridge’s sister city.
Spitak, with a population of about 25,000, was at the epicenter of the quake that hit the region on Dec. 7, 1988. Several Thousand Oaks residents organized a relief effort to help those in the quake area.
Officials from Yerevan toured the Conejo Valley two years ago, and members of a citizens group working toward the sister-city designation visited Spitak last year.
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