12 Grant RequirementCITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM BRIEFING SHEET
Submittal Date:
01/15/2009
Council Date:
O 1 /26/2009
Originating Departrnen~
Community
Development
Presented By:
Lisa A. Wright, Director of
Community Development
Agenda Item No.:
12.
RECOMMENDED MOTION:
Move to approve a proclamation declaring the month of April as Fair Housing Month.
PoLicY IssuE(s):
Grant Requirement
BACKGROUND:
On August 27, 2007, the City Council approved the application for and acceptance of a grant from the
Texas Department of Economic Development Main Street Program for sidewalk and other
improvements in the Downtown area. On May 21, 2008, the City of Paris was awarded a grant in the
amount of $150,000.00, with the City of Paris pledging $65,000.00 in cash and in-kind services. As part
of the special conditions under the grant, and as a pre-requisite for having funds released for the project,
it is necessary that the City express its support for Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 by adopting
a proclamation declaring the month of April as Fair Housing Month in the city of Paris.
BOARD/CAMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
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Resolution; proclamation
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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS,
APPROVING A PROCLAMATION DECLARIIVG THE MONTH OF APRIL AS
FAIR HOUSING MONTH; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS
RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris is supportive of Title VIII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1968, as amended, which prohibits discrimination in housing; and,
WHEREAS, the Mayor of the City of Paris has executed a Proclamation in the form
shown in Exhibit A, attached hereto, proclaiming the month of April as "Fair Housing
Month" in the City of Paris; and,
WHEREAS, it is deemed to be in the best interests of the City of Paris that the City
Council of the City of Paris show support of the Fair Housing law by approving said
proclamation;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PARIS, TEXAS:
Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby
in all things approved.
Section 2. That the Proclamation proclaiming April as "Fair Housing Month" in
the City of Paris in the form shown in Exhibit A attached hereto, be, and the same is hereby,
approved.
Section 3. That this resolution shall be effective from and after its date of passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 26th day of January, 2009.
ATTEST:
Janice Ellis, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
W. Kent McIlyar, City Attorney
Jesse James Freelen, Mayor
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PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended, prohibits
discrimination in housing and declares it a national policy to provide, within
constitutional limits, for fair housing in the United States; and,
WHEREAS, the principle of Fair Housing is not only national law and national
policy, but a fundamental human concept and entitlement for all Americans; and,
WHEREAS, the thirty-ninth anniversary of this National Fair Housing Law,
during the month of April, provides an opportunity for all Americans to recognize that
complete success in the goal of equal housing opportunity can only be accomplished
with the help and cooperation of all Americans;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Jesse James Freelen, Mayor of the City of Paris, Texas, by
the authority vested in me, do hereby proclaim April as
"FAIR HOUSING MONTH"
in the city of Paris and do, hereby, urge all the citizens of Paris to become aware of and
support the Fair Housing law.
IN WlTNESS WHEREOF, 1 have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the
City of Paris to be af~xed this 26th day of January, 2009.
Jesse James Freelen, Mayor
ATTEST:
Janice Ellis, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
W. KentMcllyar, CityAttorney
EXHIBIT A
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