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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. S~ <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: Apri16, 1999 <br />SUBJECT: Proclamation of April, 1999 as Fair Housing Month <br />DEPARTMENT: Human Rights and Relations <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N) NQ <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Proclamation <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Annette M. Moore <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: - -ext. 2250 <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To recognize and celebrate April, 1999 as Fair Housing Month. <br />BACKGROUND: April, 1999 marks the thirty-first anniversary of Title VIII of the Civil <br />Rights Act of 1968, an occasion traditionally recognized and observed by many of the <br />citizens of Orange County as Fair Housing Month. The Human Relations Commission <br />again this yeaz calls upon the Orange County Board of Commissioners to officially proclaim <br />April as FAIR HOUSING MONTH. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: None. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board adopt the <br />proposed proclamation and authorize the Chair to sign it. <br />