HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 4931-05-2018 A Resolution
NO. 4931-05-2018
ACCEPTING THE INTERIM REPORT OF THE TASK FORCE ON RACE
AND CULTURE AND EXTENDING THE DEADLINE FOR THE TASK
FORCE TO COMPLETE ITS WORK FROM AUGUST 1, 2018 TO
DECEMBER 31, 2018
WHEREAS the City Council on August 1, 2017, adopted Resolution No. 4817-
08-2017, appointing a Task Force on Race and Culture (Task Force) comprised of
four co-chairs and nineteen other members; and
WHEREAS that resolution requested that the Task Force perform certain
tasks, including engaging Fort Worth citizens in a series of healthy conversations
about race and culture, reviewing the findings of a study on statistical disparities in
the provision of municipal services, and advising the City Manager on the content
and delivery of leadership training on racial and cultural equity; and
WHEREAS that resolution also stipulated that the Task Force shall be
dissolved no later than one year after the adoption of that resolution, i.e. no later
than August 1 , 2018; and
WHEREAS the Task Force has provided the City Council with an interim
report of its findings, including a summary of results from the community
conversations and an assessment of disparities attributable to race and c u I t u r e ;
and
WHEREAS the Task Force has requested a five-month extension of the
deadline to complete its work and the City Council considers this request to be
reasonable and proper;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, as f o l l o w s :
1 . The City Council accepts the interim report of the Task Force on Race and
Culture.
2. The Task Force on Race and Culture shall be dissolved upon the completion of
its duties, but no later than December 31, 2018.
Adopte his 1st day of May, 2018. QF F0
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