HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 6414ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE VII OF CHAPTER 2
OF THE FORT WORTH CITY CODE (1964), AS AMENDED,
BY ADDING THERETO A NEW SECTION TO BE DESIGNATED
SECTION 2-58, WHICH SECTION SHALL CHANGE THE
NAME OF THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION TO THE
FORT WORTH HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION; AND NAMING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION to
That Article VII of Chapter 2 of the Fort Worth City
Code (1964), as amended, be and the same is hereby amended
by' adding thereto a new section designated as Sec. 2-58,
reading as follows:
"That the commission heretofore designated as
Community Relations Commission shall be and the
same is hereafter designated and known as the
Fort Worth Human Relations Commission."
SECTION 2.
That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after the date of its passage, and it is so or-
dained.
APPR~O'V' ED AS TO AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney
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The Community Relations Commission, by unanimous vote of all members attend-
ing the Commission meeting on November 17, 1970; requested that the City
Council:chan$e the official name of the Fort Worth Community Relations
Commission to the Fort Worth Human Relations Commission
The reasons for requesting this change of name are as follows:
1. There is continuing difficulty on the part of citizens to dis -
tinguish between the Community -Relations Commission and the
`Community Relations Division of"the Department of Public"
Safety. This confusion in the minds of citizens creates dif-
ficulties for both the Community Relations Division and the
t Community Relations Commission.
2. Even when citizens clearly understand the difference between
the-two agencies, the City telephone operators have continuing
difficulty in routing the calls to the correct office.
3., The initials CRC are the same for the Clinical Research Center
which is also confusing to many citizens.
4. The Community Action Agency and the Community Council are .also
continually confused with the Community Relations Commission.
5 The name of the newly created State Committee is "The. Governor's
Committee on Human Relations," whose functi:gn on a state level
is very similar to the functions of the CRC.
6. The Commissions in Austin and Corpus Christi .are named The
Human Relations Commission
;_._ 7. The title, Human Relations Commission, accurately describes the -
nature and work of the CRC as outlined in the ordinance creating
the Commission
The proposed name change will not conflict with any other existing agencies in
Fort Worth and will not create any major administrative problems..
Recommendation
The Fort Worth Community Relations Commission recommends that the City Council
adopt the ordinance,. which has been prepared, changing the name of the
Community Relations Commission to the Fort Worth Htiman Relations Commission.
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