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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No._ <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 16, 1999 <br />SUBJECT: Community Award to Disability Awareness Council <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: YES: NO: X <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT: YES: NO: X <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharron Siler <br />Resolution TELEPHONE NUMBERS: ext. 2300 <br />Hillsborough -732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill -968-4501 <br />Durham -688-7331 <br />Mebane -227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To recognize the Orange County Disability Awareness Council for their Second Place <br />Award in the 1999 National Organization on Disability /United Parcel Service Community Awards <br />competition. <br />BACKGROUND: The Orange County Disability Awareness Council (OCDAC) has received <br />confirmation of a $2,500 award from the National Organization on Disability and United Parcel <br />Service (UPS). The OCDAC won the award for increasing the participation of people with <br />disabilities in community life. Representatives from the National Organization on Disability will <br />present the award to Patricia Copeland, President of the OCDAC, and other members of the council. <br />A resolution acknowledging the volunteer efforts of the OCDAC is attached. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the attached <br />resolution and authorize the chair to sign. <br />