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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 21, 2019 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 4-b <br /> SUBJECT: Proclamation Recognizing Nathaniel Davis, Sr. <br /> DEPARTMENT: BOCC <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Proclamation Donna Baker, Clerk to the Orange <br /> County Board of Commissioners, <br /> 919-245-2130 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider a proclamation recognizing Nathaniel "Nate" Davis, Sr. for his services <br /> to Orange County. <br /> BACKGROUND: Nate Davis has been a civil rights pioneer, record setting athlete and <br /> respected leader throughout the Orange County community. <br /> In December 2018, Nate Davis retired from employment with the Chapel Hill Department of <br /> Parks and Recreation, having devoted 45 years to the children, teenagers and adults at the <br /> Hargraves Community Center. <br /> Nate Davis served on the Orange County Human Relations Commission as a member and <br /> Commission Chair. During his tenure, he participated in the drafting of the Orange County Civil <br /> Rights Ordinance. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with consideration of the <br /> proclamation. <br /> SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: There is no Orange County Social Justice Goal impact associated <br /> with this item. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the Proclamation <br /> Recognizing Nathaniel Davis and authorize the Chair to sign. <br />