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� 12 <br /> `LI 11 <br /> LAW OFFICES <br /> COLEMAN, GLEDHILL & HARGRAVE <br /> A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION <br /> 129 E.TRYON STREET <br /> P.O.DRAWER 1529 <br /> HILLSBOROUGH,NORTH CAROLINA 17278 <br /> 919-732-2196 FROM THE DESK OF <br /> FAX 919-732.7997 GEOFFREY E.GLEDHILL <br /> March 18, 1997 <br /> Representative Joe Hackney <br /> Representative Verla C. Insko <br /> Senator Eleanor Kinnaird <br /> Senator Howard Lee <br /> State Legislative Building <br /> Raleigh, North Carolina 27611 <br /> RE: Legislation of orange County <br /> Dear Representatives and Senators : <br /> The Board of Commissioners of Orange County has asked me to <br /> request that you introduce four local bills during the 1997 <br /> session of the General Assembly. Each of these bills covers a <br /> matter of importance to Orange County. <br /> Orange County conducted a public hearing on these bills on <br /> March 5, 1997 . The Board of Commissioners appreciates Senator <br /> Kinnaird attending that public hearing to hear, first-hand, the <br /> comments made by the people of Orange County. <br /> There were a number of speakers attending the public hearing <br /> who spoke in support of legislation which would enable Orange <br /> County to expand the coverage of its Civil Rights Ordinance to <br /> prohibit discrimination based on a person being heterosexual, <br /> homosexual or bisexual . The Orange County Human Relations <br /> Commission supports this legislative initiative. The Chair of <br /> the Commission presented it and spoke for the Commission in <br /> support of it . This legislative initiative has also been <br /> supported by and continues to be supported by the Town Council of <br /> Chapel Hill and the Board of Aldermen of the Town of Carrboro. <br /> Orange County did receive one letter in opposition to including <br /> protection for persons who are homosexual . <br /> There was also support, presented orally and in writing, for <br /> a local act which would clarify that Orange County, by exercising <br /> its planning and zoning authority, can regulate pesticide use <br /> more stringently than the North Carolina Pesticide Board. The <br /> zoning regulations contemplated by the County in this regard have <br />