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5 <br /> 1 Justice Resources, Social Services, Aging, Sheriff's Office, Child Support Services and many <br /> 2 more; and <br /> 3 <br /> 4 WHEREAS, Orange County's motto is "Our Residents Come First," which guides our employees <br /> 5 to treat all residents with fairness, respect and understanding; <br /> 6 <br /> 7 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT we, the Orange County Board of Commissioners, <br /> 8 do hereby proclaim April 2019 as County Government Month and express our appreciation to the <br /> 9 county employees who make our community such a special place to live, to work and to raise a <br /> 10 family. <br /> 11 <br /> 12 This the 16th day of April, 2019. <br /> 13 <br /> 14 A motion was made by Commissioner Dorosin, seconded by Commissioner Price for the <br /> 15 Board to approve the proclamation and authorize the Chair to sign the proclamation. <br /> 16 <br /> 17 Todd McGee, Community Relations Director, said staff continues to try to promote all of <br /> 18 the great things the County does throughout the month of April. <br /> 19 <br /> 20 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 21 <br /> 22 Commissioner Greene said the fact that it is National Government and National Poetry <br /> 23 months is not a coincidence. <br /> 24 <br /> 25 c. Resolution in Response to Recent Acts of Racial and Ethnic Intimidation on the <br /> 26 Campus of UNC-Chapel Hill <br /> 27 The Board considered voting to approve a Resolution in Response to Recent Acts of <br /> 28 Racial and Ethnic Intimidation on the Campus of UNC-Chapel Hill and authorize the Chair to <br /> 29 sign. <br /> 30 Chair Rich said five of the Board of County Commissioners attended the 110th NAACP <br /> 31 Celebration, and had conversations with Damon Seils, who penned the resolution for Carrboro. <br /> 32 She said the BOCC took this same resolution and added to it for the County's purposes. She <br /> 33 said in the meantime, there was some anti-Semitic activity on campus, and the Board wants to <br /> 34 call this out, as hatred cannot be the new normal. <br /> 35 Commissioner Greene read the resolution: <br /> 36 <br /> 37 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 38 <br /> 39 A RESOLUTION IN RESPONSE TO RECENT ACTS OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC <br /> 40 INTIMIDATION <br /> 41 ON THE CAMPUS OF UNC-CHAPEL HILL <br /> 42 <br /> 43 WHEREAS, Orange County is home to many students, employees, and alumnae/-i of the <br /> 44 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, including an estimated 29,000 undergraduate, <br /> 45 graduate, and professional students, and the life of the southeastern portion of our County is <br /> 46 intertwined with the life of the University; and <br /> 47 <br /> 48 WHEREAS, on March 31, 2019, two persons desecrated the Unsung Founders Memorial in <br /> 49 McCorkle Place on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus by defacing it with racist graffiti and with urine; <br /> 50 and someone vandalized an installation outside Hanes Art Center with racist language; and <br />