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Section 2-165. Establishment of sister city relationship. (a) The sister city relationship shall be established by the adoption of a council resolution approving the establishment of the sister city tie and the signing of a formal agreement between the mayor of the County of [Hawaii] Hawaii and the appropriate public official of the proposed sister city that such ties exist. The agreement shall contain a proposed program, developed by the office of the mayor and the proposed sister city, that will be instituted by both places to make these ties lasting and purposeful. (b) County funds shall be appropriated to provide for the exchange of gifts or goodwill missions to promote the newly established sisterhood and the concept of mutual understanding. Such goodwill missions may include student exchanges, art, cultural or industrial exhibits and athletic team visits. (c) Any sister city relationship in which there is a failure to implement the agreement or to exchange gifts or goodwill missions within afive-year period may result in the termination of the agreement and relationship by council resolution. (d) Existing sister cities which have been active during the five years prior to the enactment of this article, and which continue to be active, shall not be required to comply with this article. An existing sister city shall be deemed to be active if there has been an exchange of gifts or goodwill missions within afive-year period. Section 2-166. Protocol officer. (a) A protocol officer, who shall be designated by the mayor, shall he responsible for the implementation and monitoring of the formal agreement signed by the County of [Hawaii] Hawaii and the sister city. The protocol officer serves at the discretion of the mayor for the term of office of the mayor and may be removed by the mayor. (b) The protocol officer shall be responsible for informing the County of [Hawaii's Hawai`i's existing sister cities of the terms and conditions of this article. land shall submit an annual report to the council by December 31 of each year which summarizes the activities by the County of Hawaii's sister cities and identifies the sister cities for which no activity has occurred within five years, thereby resulting in an automatic termination of the County of Hawaii's sister city relationships.] ~c) The protocol officer shall submit an annual tenor[ by Ju]y 31 to the council co~erine the prior neriod Julv 1 to June 30 summarizing the activities conducted with the County of Hawai`i's srster cities and identifying, the sister cities for which no activity has occurred within five hrs. (d) Upon the recommendation ofthe protocol officer that a sister city relationship should be tcnninated pursuant to Section 2-165(cl the mayor may submit a resolution to the council tenninatine the sister-city relationship Prior to initiating the termination resolution, the protocol officer shall notify in writing principals involved in the sister city relationship such as local business and cultural~rou~s, about the county's intent to terminate the sister city relationship This subsection shall not ureclude the Council from initiatint* a termination resolution " 2