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WHEREAS, the enactment of federal legislation such as the Housing and
Community Development Act and the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
encourage funding Community Based Organizations; and
WHEREAS, the Fort Worth City Council believes these Community Based
Organizations perform a vital function by providing needed services to the socio-
economically deprived citizens of Fort Worth; and
WHEREAS, these Community Based Organizations provide opportunities for
many citizens to better understand the problems of the poor by serving on the
various agencies' Board of Directors; and
WHEREAS, the Fort Worth City Council believes that working together and
sharing various ethnic experiences is the very basis for improved interpersonal
relationships; and
WHEREAS, programs that are subcontracted by the City are funded with
public funds that are derived from all of the citizens of Fort Worth without regards
to race, creed, color, or national origin; and
WHEREAS, the Fort Worth City Council believes that a multi-racial Board
of Directors is desirable for best determining the needs of the socio-economically
deprived citizens of Fort Worth; NOW
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED, that the Fort Worth City Cou,F,c,,i_�_woul � ,,,,c,
encourage all agencies that apply for funds administered by the City to
take
appropriate action to include at least the three major ethnic groups (White, Black,
and Mexican/American) including women on their boards at the earliest practical
opportunity; and
BE IT FURTHER RE,,-1.01,VED, that the Fort Worth City Council 4AwnudP *P_-
~ into consideration the ethnic composition of all
Agency Boards before recommending the agency for public funds.
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