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56 <br />ORANGE COUNTY ADVISORY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS <br />INPUT FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' ANNUAL PLANNING RETREAT <br />The Board of Commissioners welcomes input from various advisory boards and <br />commissions in preparation for its annual planning retreat. Please complete the <br />following information, limited to the front and back of this form. Other background <br />materials may be provided as a supplement to, but not as a substitute for, this form. <br />Board/Commission Name: <br />The Orange County Hunn,4rv REUNIONS ConnnnissioN (HRC) <br />Person to address the BOCC at Retreat (if requested by BOCC) and contact <br />information: <br />Tara L. Fikes,, Director <br />Housing, Human Rights, and Community Development Department <br />919.245.2492 <br />Primary County Staff Contact: <br />James Spivey, Civil Rights Specialist <br />919.245.2488 <br />How many times per month does this board/commission meet, including any <br />special meetings and sub-committee meetings? <br />The HRC meets monthly except for the month of July. If the HRC convenes "special <br />meetings" those meetings are usually to consider nomination information for the Pauli <br />Murray Awards or the Student Essay Contest. <br />Brief Statement of Board/Commission's Assigned Charge and Responsibilities. <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners created the Orange County Human <br />Relations Commission to: <br />a. Study and make recommendations concerning problems in the field of human <br />relationships; <br />b. Anticipate and discover practices and customs most likely to create animosity <br />and unrest and to seek solutions to problems as they arise; <br />c. Make recommendations designed to promote goodwill and harmony among <br />groups in the County irrespective of their race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, <br />national origin, sex, affectional preference, disability, age, marital status or status <br />with regard to public assistance; <br />d. Monitor complaints involving discrimination; <br />e. Address and attempt to remedy the violence, tensions, ,polarization, and other <br />harm created through the practices of discrimination, bias, hatred, and civil <br />inequality; and <br />Promote harmonious relations within the County through hearings and due <br />process of law. <br />