05-Public AnnouncementsCITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM BRIEFING SHEET
Submittal Date:
06/13/2011
Council Date:
06/27/2011
Originating Department:
City Council
Presented By:
Mayor Pro-Tem McCarthy
Agenda Item No.:
S.a.
RECOMMENDED MOTION:
POLICY ISSUE(S):
Proclamation
BACKGROUND:
BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
EXHIBITS:
Proclamation
ACTION:
BUDGET INFO:
❑ Financial Report ❑ Minute Order
Expense
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[ I Department Report ❑ Resolution
Budgeted Amt.
$
Z Presentation ❑ Ordinance
y'I'D Actual
$
❑ Public Hearing ❑ Other
Acct. Name
Acct. Number
FISCAL NOTES:
REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY: Z Administration Z City Clerk ❑ Community Development ❑ EMS/IT ❑ Finance ❑ Fire
❑ Municipal Court Z Legal ❑ Library Z Police ❑ Eng./Public Works ❑ Utilities
City of Paris 1 Revised 2/04/08
P R O CL.A M.A -7,I0 IV
'R,4.5; Sclroderma is a chronic, cfisa6ing autoimmune d2sease in
lvhich the 6ody's soft trssues sufferfrom an overpro~fuction of collagen andcan
affect manyparts of tle 6ody incl~dng s;~i~ internalorgans; and~dlaodvessel,•
an~
R~'.q.5; Scl rod rma sufferers aften experience d~amage to tle leart,
lungs, kidneys, and-tkegastraintestinalsystem,, an4
~Yy.9!'~'R,~'.A.S; many sufferers cfeveloppulmonary h~ypertension as a resul
af constriction of tlie 6ioodvessels,• and, ~
'yy.W'~'R,Tq.5; researchers h~ave yet to i~nt~ t6e exact cause or causes of
scl roderma andfiave found-lnks 6etween scl ro~terma andr6eumatic cfzsease,•
ana,f
V3(2'REA.5, an estimated3oo,o00 .Americans sufferfrom scleroderma,
and-8opercent of t6iose are ivomen and-.Afi'ican .Americans are more susce.pti61e
to systemic scl rod rrrea; an~,f '
VW'TR~'~;A.S; tlie estimated total economic impact af scl rod rm.a
treatment is estimatedto 6e in excess ofsj.s 6illon annually; tlie mor6idty cost
associatediyith tliis ~fisease is an estimatedW1,9, ooo, o0o annually; andt6ie drect
cost oftreatmentforsclerod rma is estimatedta 6e 914 62 000 00o annually; an,4
3y.~!'~'R~',A.S; tliere is a signi icant nee~ffOYfztrtAer researcli focusing on t6ie
epiafemiology of scl rod rma to increase und rstandng of tlie causes of tlie
~frsease and-its tYeatment,•
.N'O'jI; ?~.~1~'R~'FOR~; I, .JO~' .~1CC.AR~31.1, .9►1.s'T yOR PRO-~'.~1 O,7' ?yfE
CI?y O,FP.ARIS, 7`FX.AS, dy the autl~iority vestedin me, andin recognition af tAe
foregoing, d-o `iere6y proclaim Sclerod rma .Awareness in tlie City of 1'aris,
Lamar County, 7exas, andurge allcitizens to 6e aware oftfie needta educate tle
pu6lc a6out autoimmune iseases and-tlie nee~ffor increasedfresearc`i, fundng,
andeffective treatmentsfor t6iose d'rseases.
L9V"?~'S~".~tONy ir3f~~'1ZTO I have lereunta set my lian~fanr,tcaused the
Sealoftlie City to 6e affixedat tke City afParis, tFiis tlie 27tli ctay ofJune, zoll.
Joe McCarthy, .rtilayor Pra-?em
,Janice 1'llzs, City Clerk
.APPRO"VED AS ?JO,TORMI
3t! 9lent.rtitcllyar, CityAttorney
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