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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. VA-C. <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 1 , 1993 <br /> SUBJECT: Report Regarding Proposed Civil Rights Ordinance <br /> DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC HEARING: Yes x No <br /> Human Relations Commission <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> . Report Lucy Lewis , ext 2251 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To provide information to the Board of County <br /> Commissioners about the status of the municipalities in regard to <br /> the proposed civil rights ordinance; and proposed ordinance <br /> revisions . The recommendation below calls for board action. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Board of Commissioners held a public hearing to <br /> receive public comment on the county' s proposed civil rights <br /> ordinance on Tuesday, September 14, 1993 . They received a report <br /> summarizing the Human Relations Commission (HRC) feedback at <br /> their October 19, 1993 meeting. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S) : The Manager recommends that the Board <br /> pursue a course of action that results in a revised ordinance <br /> incorporating the items included in the attached report. This <br /> listing addresses the major comments that the Board, other local <br /> elected officials, and the public have had. The Manager <br /> recommends that the Board act as follows: <br /> 1) Direct staff to complete a revised draft of the ordinance, <br /> 2 ) At a future meeting, receive the revised ordinance and <br /> indicate the board' s intention to adopt the revised ordinance, <br /> 3 ) At that point, convey your intention to the other <br /> jurisdictions and ask for their positive response. <br />