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PROCLAMATION 4
<br /> ORANGE COUNTY INFANT IMMUNIZATION WEEK
<br /> APRIL 21-27, 1996
<br /> WHEREAS, April 21-27 has'been proclaimed as National Infant Immunization Week; and
<br /> WHEREAS, during National Infant Immunization Week all immunization providers are encouraged to
<br /> work with their communities to vaccinate children by expanding clinic hours, increasing screening, and
<br /> distributing educational materials; and
<br /> WHEREAS, more than one-third of North Carolina two year olds are not age-appropriately immunized;
<br /> and
<br /> WHEREAS, North Carolina's goal is to achieve complete immunization of at least 90% of all-North
<br /> Carolina children by their second birthday; and
<br /> WHEREAS, in an effort to increase the immunization rate in Orange County, the Cooperative
<br /> Extension Service has organized the Orange County Coalition for Immunization, a group comprised of
<br /> representatives of public and private agencies, civic, community and church groups, and volunteers;
<br /> and
<br /> WHEREAS, the mission of the Orange County Coalition for Immunization is to coordinate and promote
<br /> free immunization clinics through Piedmont Health Services, Chapel Hill Home Health, and Orange
<br /> County Health Department, by providing financial assistance, outreach, transportation, and educational
<br /> efforts during National Infant Immunization Week April 21-27; and
<br /> WHEREAS, the continuing goal of the Orange County Coalition for Immunization is to develop
<br /> strategies for the year-round promotion of age-appropriate immunizations; and
<br /> WHEREAS, it is essential to raise public awareness of the importance of age-appropriate
<br /> immunizations and provide accessibility to immunizations through a collaborative community-based
<br /> effort.
<br /> NOW, THEREFORE, We, the Orange County Board of Commissioners, do hereby proclaim April 21-27
<br /> as Orange County Infant immunization Week, this the 1 st day of April, 1996.
<br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS
<br /> D. PROCLAMATION OF FAIR HOUSING MONTH IN ORANGE COUNTY
<br /> Emily Condon, member of the Human Rights Commission, presented this proclamation
<br /> for the Board's consideration of approval.
<br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Crowther, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis
<br /> to adopt the proclamation as presented and stated below:
<br /> FAIR HOUSING MONTH
<br /> WHEREAS, April, 1996 marks the twenty-eighth anniversary of Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968,
<br /> the Federal Fair Housing Act, which provided for equal opportunity for all Americans in the sale, rental
<br /> and financing of housing and prohibited housing discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex,
<br /> age or national origin; and
<br /> WHEREAS, the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 added familial status and handicap to those
<br /> classes protected by Title VII and added strong new rights, remedies, monetary penalties and judicial
<br /> and administrative enforcement procedures; and
<br /> WHEREAS, numerous studies have shown that housing discrimination is as pervasive, if not more so,
<br /> than in 1968, and far more insidious than ever before; and
<br /> WHEREAS, illegal barriers to equal opportunity in housing that diminish the rights of some of our
<br /> citizens, diminish the rights of all;
<br /> NOW, THEREFORE, do we the Commissioners of Orange County, proclaim the month of April, 1996
<br /> as FAIR HOUSING MONTH and commend this observance to all Orange County citizens.
<br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS
<br /> VI. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS - NONE
<br /> VII. PUBLIC HEARINGS
<br /> A. PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER LEASING THE GEORGIA PACIFIC BUILDING
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