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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: September 9, 2004 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 6 - q, <br />SUBJECT: Resolution - To Declare Saturday, September 11, 2004 as a Day of <br />Remembrance in Orange County <br />DEPARTMENT: Board of County PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Commissioners <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Yes -Resolution <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Clerk's Office - 245-2130 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough <br />Chapel Hill <br />Durham <br />Mebane <br />732-8181 <br />968-4501 <br />688-7331 <br />336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To declare Saturday, September 11, 2004 as a Day of Remembrance in Orange <br />County. <br />BACKGROUND: On September 11, 2001, the world watched as terrorism struck on American <br />soil. Lives were lost at the World Trade Center in New York, The Pentagon in Washington, DC, <br />and a remote field in Pennsylvania. <br />The Board of County Commissioners wishes to remember those who lost their lives that day, <br />both the innocent victims and the heroic rescue workers who raced into the face of danger to <br />save the lives of others. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: NONE <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The County Manager recommends the Board approve the <br />resolution and authorize the Chair to sign. <br />