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0 1 O R A N G E C O U N T Y BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: APRIL 1, 1991 Action Agenda Item # V M A SUBJECT: LEGISLATIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR ORANGE COUNTY CIVIL RIGHTS ORDINANCE DEPARTMENT: HUMAN RELATIONS PUBLIC HEARING: ,X —Yes No COMMISSION ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: JOHN M. LINK, JR., COUNTY MANAGER EXTENSION 2300 INTRODUCTION SUMMARY OF DRAFT ORANGE COUNTY TELEPHONE NUMBERS: CIVIL RIGHTS ORDINANCE Hillsborough - 732 -8181 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE ORANGE Durham - 688 -7331 COUNTY TO ADOPT A HUMAN /CIVIL Mebane - 227 -2031 RIGHTS ORDINANCE Chapel Hill - 967- 9251/968 -4501 PURPOSE: To obtain public comment on legislation which would authorize orange County to adopt a Human /Civil Rights Ordinance. BACKGROUND: It is proposed by the Orange County Human Relations Commission that Orange County adopt a civil rights ordinance. This recommendation follows a period of study and public hearings conducted by the Human Relations Commission concerning discrimination in Orange County. Before Orange County can adopt a civil rights ordinance it needs authorization to do so from the North Carolina General Assembly. An attachment to this abstract is a document captioned INTRODUCTION which document was prepared by the Human Relations Commission and which document gives further back- ground. Also a part of this abstract is a document captioned SUMMARY OF DRAFT ORANGE COUNTY CIVIL RIGHTS ORDINANCE which document contains, in summary fashion, the ordinance proposed by the Human Relations Commission. it is the practice of Orange County to conduct public hearings on requested local legislation and to advise our local legislative delegation of the public comments made during that public hearing.