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County through a robust, colorful engaging advertising series and thank Mr. Bean and Thy <br />Herald-Sun for their devotion to the people, pride and sense of place in Orange County, North <br />Carolina. <br />This, the #tiirteenth day of December, 2011. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded. by Commissioner Foushee to <br />adopt a Resolution of Appreciation for The Herald-Sun, The Chapel HiII Herald and Publisher <br />Rick Bean, specifically for The Chapel Hill Herald and the fifty-two (52) weeks of donated <br />advertisements for Orange County and authorize the Chair to sign. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />Rick Bean thanked the Commissioners and the Visitor's Bureau for this partnership. <br />b. Presentation of the Federal Emergency Management Aaencv (FEMA) <br />National Flood insurance Program (NFIP) Community Rating System Plaaue to the Board <br />of County Commissioners <br />The Board received formal recognition from the FEMA National Flood Insurance <br />Program Community Rating System, through the State of North Carolina Department of <br />Emergency Management, with the presentation of a plaque designating that Orange County <br />has achieved a CRS rating of 8. <br />Planner II Glen Bowles introduced John Gerber from FEMA, who presented the plaque. <br />c. Proclamation for Bill of Rights Day in Orange County <br />The Board considered a proclamation to recognize December 15, 2011 as Bill of Rights <br />Day in Orange County and authorizing the Chair to sign. <br />Peggy Misch from the Orange County Bill of Rights Defense Committee read the <br />proclamation: <br />Bill of Rights Day <br />DECEMBER 15, 2011 <br />Whereas, the necessary states ratified the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the <br />United States Constitution, on December 15, 1791; and <br />Whereas, the Bill of Rights protects every person of this state and nation from the <br />infringement of basic human and civil rights; and <br />Whereas, the freedoms of speech and association and the right to due process and equal <br />protection of the law, as embodied in the Bill of Rights, are a model for democratic institutions <br />and laws all over the world; and <br />Whereas, the people of North Carolina stood strong in withholding ratification of the <br />Constitution until. the Bill of Rights was added to ensure their inalienable rights; and <br />Whereas, the Orange County Board of Commissioners demonstrated its commitment to <br />"upholding the civil rights and civil liberties of all persons in Orange County and their free <br />exercise and enjoyment of any and all rights and privileges secured by our constitutions and <br />laws of the United States, the State of North Carolina, and Orange County," in a May 20, 2003 <br />