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efforts to encourage the use of minority and women's business entezprises in connection with HOME funded activities. B. Affizmative Marketing The City of Redwood City and the Redwood City Redevelopment Agency (Agency) will affirmatively further fair housing by marketing the First Time Home Buyer Program in the following ways: 1. Methods for Informing the Public: Equal Opportunity logos and clauses will be included in each and every press release and newspaper advertisement advising potential home buyers of the availability of this program, as well as in all program materials to be distributed to the public. The federal Fair Housing logo will be used as well as the equal opportunity clause adopted by the City Council as reco~nmended by the City's Self Evaluation Committee. Additionally, the City and Agency shall include in its efforts, contacts with community organizations, fair housing agencies, and agencies providing services to persons with disabilities. To the extent feasible, City and Agency will provide translated materials in languages other than English as requested by potential applicants. Participating lenders will be encouraged to conduct specific outreach to households not likely to participate without this special outreach. Any third party hired by the City or the Agency to implement any part of this program will be required to adhere to the requirements and practices for affirmative marketing and fair housing. The City will carry out its affirmative marketing plan to ensure the inclusion, to the maximum extent possible, minority and women applicants, entities owned by minorities and women, including without limitation real estate firms, construction rums, appraisal fi~'ms, management fitms, financial institutions, investment banking firms, underwriters, accountants, and providers of legal services, and in all contracts entered into by the City or by the Agency with such persons or entities, public and private, in order to facilitate the activities of the City and the Agency to provide affordable housing authorized under this Act or any other federal housing law applicable to the City and the Agency. The City will keep records regarding the number and dollar amounts of participation by minority and women-owned businesses, including assistance provided to minority and female headed households under the First Time Home Buyer Program.