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8 <br /> <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Orange County and the Towns therein wish to recognize National Skip the Straw <br />Month to encourage residents to give up single use plastic straws; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Orange County and the Towns therein wish to promote the reduction in the use of <br />ALL single-use plastics by residents and businesses by encouraging reuse and durable <br />alternatives, refusing single-use plastics when offered, and offering compostable or reusable <br />alternatives; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Orange County and the Towns therein are known for and committed to social and <br />technical innovation, environmental and waste reduction leadership; <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, we, the Orange County Board of County Commissioners, do hereby <br />declare October 2018 as “Reduce Single Use Plastics Month” and declare March 2019 as “Skip <br />the Straw Month.” <br /> <br />This the 16th Day of October 2018. <br /> <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Rich, seconded by Commissioner Burroughs for <br />the Board to approve and authorize the Chair to sign the proclamation. <br /> <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> <br />e. Resolution Repealing the 1959 Designation of US Highway 15 as the Jefferson <br />Davis National Highway <br />The Board considered voting to adopt a resolution to repeal the 1959 Board of <br />Commissioners designation of US Highway 15 as the Jefferson Davis National Highway and <br />authorizing the Chair to sign. <br />John Roberts reviewed the background, and added that this went back to the 1920s. He <br />said the Daughters of the Confederacy wanted to have a transcontinental highway named after <br />Jefferson Davis, and this was supported by a NC Senator in 1959 who made a request to the <br />BOCC to recognize highway 15 in Orange County be recognized as this. He said the national <br />request was never seen to fruition, but the local resolution still exists. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Orange County residents have expressed concerns regarding a 1959 Board action designating <br />the section of US Highway 15 from the Durham line to the Chatham line as part of the Jefferson <br />Davis National Highway. Staff research indicates that neither the United States Department of <br />Transportation nor the North Carolina Department of Transportation recognizes a Jefferson <br />Davis National Highway. <br /> <br />The 1959 resolution had no legal or practical effect other than to recognize Jefferson Davis, the <br />only president of the Confederate States of America. Local governing boards are free to pass <br />and repeal resolutions as they see fit so long as repealing a resolution is done with equivalent <br />procedural safeguards as were utilized in approving it. In this case it does not appear the <br />original resolution was approved after any type of special public notice or public hearing, but <br />rather was adopted similar to the way the BOCC currently approves general resolutions. <br /> <br />The legal effect of adopting the attached resolution is limited to repealing the 1959 resolution. A <br />plaque recognizing the Jefferson Davis National Highway is situated within the state-maintained