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i <br /> �w <br /> t <br /> 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action <br /> Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 3 , 1995 <br /> SUBJECT: Proposed Changes to the Orange County Civil Rights <br /> Ordinance and Policies and Procedures <br /> ------------------------------------------------------------ <br /> DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> Human Rights and Relations <br /> ------------------------------------------------------------ <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> HUD Memo re: Legal Analysis Lucy Lewis , ext 2251 <br /> of Ordinance and Policies <br /> and Procedures <br /> Revised Sections of <br /> Ordinance <br /> Revised Sections of TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> Policies and Procedures Hillsborough -732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> ------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> PURPOSE: To adopt changes in the Orange County Civil Rights <br /> Ordinance and Policies and Procedures required by the US <br /> Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in order to <br /> receive substantial equivalency certification. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Orange County Civil Rights Ordinance was <br /> adopted by the BOCC on June 14, 1994 and subsequently adopted <br /> by the municipalities of Chapel Hill , Carrboro, Hillsborough; <br /> Policies and Procedures for enforcing the Ordinance -were <br /> adopted by the BOCC on December 5 , 1994 , and the Department <br /> for Human Rights and Relations applied to HUD on December 8 , <br /> 1994 for substantial equivalency certification. once the <br /> Department receives substantial equivalency certification, it <br /> will receive $75 ,000 in capacity-building funds for each <br /> of the next 2 years as a Fair Housing Assistance Program <br /> (FHAP) . After 2 years , once the Department has <br /> demonstrated its ability to meet HUD standards in <br /> processing complaints , the Human Rights Department will <br /> receive reimbursement of $1 ,300 for each housing complaint it <br /> closes . HUD will send any housing complaints it receives <br /> from Orange County to the Department for investigation, thus <br /> eliminating any duplication of federal and county efforts . <br />