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$15,000 Survey and Planning Grant from the State Historic Preservation Office <br /> and to certify matching funds of $15,000 cash and $5,200 in-kind contribution. <br /> This grant will be used to conduct an inventory of archaeological sites in the <br /> unincorporated portions of Orange County and prepare the manuscript for the <br /> countywide inventory. <br /> F. CHANGE IN MEETING SCHEDULE <br /> The Board approved changing the June 3 budget public hearing to <br /> June 2, 1993 at 7:30 in Superior Courtroom, Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br /> G. RATIFICATION OF CHANGE TO JPA PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE <br /> The Board approved adding a second rezoning to the agenda for April <br /> 15. This request involves the Pollitzer property, consisting of two tracts <br /> totalling sixteen acres, located on the south side of Homestead Road. <br /> H. ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC HEARING DATE - REFINANCING OF 1988 BONDS <br /> The Board approved scheduling a public hearing on the refinancing <br /> of the 1988 bonds for Monday, May 3, 1993 at 7: 30 p.m. at the Cedar Grove <br /> Ruritan Building in Cedar Grove, North Carolina. <br /> VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA: UNANIMOUS <br /> IV. RESOLUTIONS/PROCLAMATIONS <br /> A. PROCLAMATION FOR FAIR HOUSING MONTH <br /> Motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner <br /> Halkiotis to proclaim the month of April, 1993 as Fair Housing Month as stated <br /> below: <br /> PROCLAMATION <br /> FAIR HOUSING MONTH <br /> WHEREAS, April, 1993 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Title VIII of the <br /> Civil Rights Act of 1968, the Federal Fair Housing Act, which <br /> provided for equal opportunity for all Americans in the sale, <br /> rental and financing of housing and prohibited housing <br /> discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age or <br /> national origin; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 added familial status and <br /> handicap to those classes protected by Title VIII and added strong <br /> new rights, remedies, monetary penalties and judicial and <br /> administrative enforcement procedures; and <br /> WHEREAS, numerous studies have shown that housing discrimination is as <br /> pervasive, if not more so, than in 1968, and far more insidious <br /> than ever before; and <br /> WHEREAS, illegal barriers to equal opportunity in housing that diminish the <br /> rights of some of our citizens diminish the rights of all; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> proclaim the month of April, 1993 as FAIR HOUSING MONTH and commend <br />