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RESOLUTION NO Q~
NHEREAS, the Mayor's Committee for Employment of the
Handicapped was created by resolution on May 12, 1981; and
RHEREAB, the Governor of the State of Texas was responsible
for encouraging municipalities to form local Mayor's Committees for
Employment of the Handicapped, and
WHEREAS, the Fort Worth Mayor's Committee has expanded its
scope of activities to include not only employment but educating
the public on issues relating to persons with disabilities,
assisting the City in its compliance with the Americans with
Disabilities Act, providing technical assistance to the City and
other employers, sponsoring events relating to access and
employment, and serving as a liaison with service providers; and
WHEREAS, the Governor's Committee for .Persons with
Disabilities has dropped the term "for the employment" from its
ti.,Ele; and
WHEREAS., the Mayor's Committee has in .more recent years
substituted "People with Disabilities" for "the Handicapped" in
keeping with today's more appropriate terminology, now therefore
BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City Council of the City of Fort Worth
formally accept the new name as the "Mayor's Committee on Persons
with Disabilities" in recognition of the Committee's broad
involvement in disability issues, and
FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the City Council expresses its sincere
appreciation to the Committee and reaffirm. its commitment to
persons with disabilities
Adopted this _/~ day of 1995
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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