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10/23/19 <br /> 3 <br />Board of County <br />Commissioners <br />Social <br />Determinants of <br />Health, Physical <br />Activity, <br />Substance Abuse <br />& Mental Health <br /> <br />The Board voted to approve a Resolution in Response to Recent <br />Acts of Racial and Ethnic Intimidation on the Campus of UNC- <br />Chapel Hill. (Unanimous) <br />The Board voted to authorize the Chair to sign a letter to the <br />North Carolina Association of County Commissioners expressing <br />Orange County’s preference to align its Medicaid Tailored Plan <br />Region with Durham and Wake counties. (Unanimous) <br />The Board considered applications from six (6) <br />landowners/farms to certify qualifying farmland within the <br />Caldwell, Cedar Grove, High Rock/Efland, and Cane <br />Creek/Buckhorn Voluntary Agricultural Districts; and voted to <br />enroll the lands in the Orange County Farmland Preservation <br />Voluntary and Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District <br />programs. (Unanimous) <br />The Board voted to approve a Resolution Endorsing HR 1384 - <br />Improved Medicare For All. (Approved 6-1) <br />The Board voted to approve a proclamation declaring August 1, <br />2019 through July 31, 2020 as a year of remembrance to <br />commemorate the 400th anniversary of unfree Africans first <br />arriving in English North America. (Unanimous) <br />The Board voted, with three amendments, to approve a <br />Resolution Condemning the Ku Klux Klan and Other Similar <br />Groups. (Unanimous) <br />Chapel Hill Town <br />Council <br />Physical Activity <br />and Nutrition, <br />Equity <br />Mayor Hemminger proclaimed April 24, 2019 be NAACP <br />Appreciation Day in Chapel Hill. <br />The Town passed a resolution which noted how UNC-CH and the <br />Town were working together to create a safe environment for all. <br />The resolution mentioned the recent incidents on campus and <br />expressed strong support for UNC-CH's efforts to address them. <br />The Town proclaimed May 18, 2019 to be Kids to Parks Day in <br />Chapel Hill recognizing the physical and mental health benefits of <br />having an active lifestyle and being connected to neighbors. <br />Carrboro Board of <br />Aldermen <br />Physical Activity <br />and Nutrition; <br />Social <br />Determinants of <br />Health <br />The Board approved a Resolution In Response To Recent Acts Of <br />Racial Intimidation On The Campus Of UNC-Chapel Hill. <br />Mayor Lavelle proclaimed May as “Bicycle Month,” May 8th as <br />“Bike to School Day,” May 13th through May 19th as “Bike to Work <br />Week,” and May 17th as “Bike to Work Day” in the Town of <br />Carrboro. <br />The Alderman approved participants on the Orange County Climate <br />Change Committee. <br />The Board passed a Resolution Supporting The Passage Of The <br />Medicare For All Act Of 2019. <br />Mayor Lavelle proclaimed June as Recreation and Parks Month in <br />the Town of Carrboro. <br />Hillsborough <br />Board of <br />Commissioners <br />Social <br />Determinants of <br />Health <br />Commissioners will be supporting the Health Department in <br />evaluating the use of no smoking signs in Hillsborough.