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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action <br /> Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> SX_G <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 15 , 1994 <br /> SUBJECT: Policies and Procedures for the Orange County <br /> Civil Rights Ordinance <br /> DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> Human Relations Commission <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : Policies and INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Procedures under separate Lucy Lewis, ext 2251 <br /> cover. <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To review and consider policies and procedures for <br /> implementation of the Orange County Civil Rights Ordinance. <br /> BACKGROUND: On June 6 , 1994, the Board of Commissioners <br /> passed the Orange County Civil Rights Ordinance. At that <br /> time, the Board asked that the policies and procedures <br /> necessary for ordinance implementation be submitted for <br /> review and approval prior to their adoption. Staff <br /> subsequently developed policies and procedures, and the <br /> assistant to the County Attorney and the Human Relations <br /> Commission members have reviewed them. <br /> Phase I of the Civil Rights Ordinance (housing, public <br /> accommodations, and bias-related incidents) is scheduled to <br /> take effect on January 1, 1995 . Phase II (employment) is <br /> scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, 1996 . <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S) : The Manager recommends that the Board <br /> review and approve the policies and procedures. <br />