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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 5-b <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 16, 1997 <br /> SUBJECT: Proclamation Of Fair Housing Month In Orange County <br /> DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC HEARING: Yes xx No <br /> Human Relations Commission BUDGET AMENDMENT: Yes No <br /> Housing and Community Development <br /> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> • Proclamation Lucy Lewis, ext. 2250 <br /> Tara Fikes, ext. 2490 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> PURPOSE: To adopt a proclamation officially recognizing April 1997 as Fair Housing <br /> Month in Orange County. <br /> BACKGROUND: April has been designated nationwide as Fair Housing Month to bring <br /> awareness to the protections provided under the Federal Fair Housing Act. <br /> The Orange County Human Relations Commission enforces the Orange County Civil <br /> Rights Ordinance, which prohibits and addresses discriminatory housing practices. <br /> Further, the Orange County Housing and Community Development Department, as a <br /> recipient of Community Development funds and as a participant in other HUD funded <br /> programs, is required to inform the public of Federal and State fair housing protections. <br /> Therefore, in recognition of Fair Housing Month, these two county agencies present the <br /> following proclamation. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the <br /> proclamation and authorize the Chair to sign. <br />