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. an exemption from this 16 <br /> proposed zoning. <br /> Chair Willhoit referred this request to the County Manager for <br /> further study. <br /> POLICY <br /> A motion was made by Chair Willhoit, seconded by Commissioner <br /> Marshall to reaffirm the policy that any previous applications that had <br /> received preliminary plan approval as of the effective date of the <br /> adoption of the revised Land Use Plan should proceed under the review <br /> and development procedures of the regulations in effect at the time the <br /> application was received. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS. <br /> C. PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL EMPLOY THE HANDICAPPED WEEK <br /> Motion was made by Commissioner Marshall, seconded by Commissioner <br /> Carey to adopt the proclamation for National Employ the Handicapped <br /> Week. F <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS. <br /> PROCLAMATION <br /> NATIONAL EMPLOY THE HANDICAPPED WEEK <br /> WHEREAS, physically and mentally disabled people have been tireless in <br /> seeking out employment opportunities and in overcoming vocational, <br /> economic, educational and additional barriers; and <br /> WHEREAS, disabled people have demonstrated to their employers and their <br /> community high standards of performance and dedication to their <br /> professions; and <br /> WHEREAS, disabled people aspire to equality in the work force, self <br /> direction and self-determination in their lifestyle; and <br /> WHEREAS, employers, both public and private, can and do readily testify <br /> to the credentials and value of disabled employees; and <br /> WHEREAS, everyone has the right to employment at the highest levels of <br /> which they are capable and this right is not to be abridged by reason of <br /> physical or mental disability; and <br /> WHEREAS, despite past and present efforts of employers to hire people <br /> with disabilities, the unemployment level of disabled people continues <br /> to be unnecessarily high; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, the Orange County Board of Commissioners do <br /> hereby proclaim the week of October 5-11, 1986 as <br /> NATIONAL EMPLOY THE HANDICAPPED WEEK <br /> in Orange County and urge public and private employers to take this <br /> opportunity to determine how the employment skills and the employment <br /> needs of disabled persons can best be utilized to further the <br /> public/private good. <br /> F. ITEMS FOR DECISION - CONSENT AGENDA <br /> The County Manager recommended the following action by the Board: <br /> 1. ADDITION TO STATE ROAD SYSTEM <br /> To approve a petition for addition of Governor Burke Road in <br /> Wilkerson Acres Subdivision - Section II and Section III to the state <br /> maintained secondary roads system. <br />