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13 <br /> <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Marcoplos, seconded by Commissioner Dorosin 1 <br />for the Board to approve funding for the recommended Solar for Schools Grant program for FY 2 <br />2019-20 as outlined in the attached report in the abstract with revisions. 3 <br /> 4 <br />VOTE: Yeas, 6; Nays, 1 (Commissioner McKee) 5 <br /> 6 <br />7. Reports 7 <br />NONE 8 <br /> 9 <br />8. Consent Agenda 10 <br /> 11 <br />• Removal of Any Items from Consent Agenda 12 <br />Commissioner Price asked to remove items 8-f and 8-h. 13 <br />Commissioner Dorosin asked to remove item 8-b to be read aloud 14 <br /> 15 <br />• Approval of Remaining Consent Agenda 16 <br /> 17 <br />A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Bedford to 18 <br />approve the remaining items on the Consent Agenda. 19 <br /> 20 <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS 21 <br /> 22 <br />• Discussion and Approval of the Items Removed from the Consent Agenda 23 <br /> 24 <br />8-b Fair Housing Month Proclamation 25 <br />The Board considered voting to approve a proclamation designating April 2020 as Fair 26 <br />Housing Month in Orange County, North Carolina. 27 <br /> 28 <br /> Commissioner Dorosin read the resolution: 29 <br /> 30 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS PROCLAMATION 31 <br />FAIR HOUSING MONTH 32 <br /> 33 <br />WHEREAS, April 11, 2020 marked the 52nd anniversary of Title VIII of the Civil Rights 34 <br />Act of 1968 (formally known as the Fair Housing Act) and the 37th 35 <br />anniversary of the North Carolina Fair Housing Act prohibiting 36 <br />discrimination in housing on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, 37 <br />national origin, disability and familial status; and 38 <br /> 39 <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners enacted the Orange County 40 <br />Civil Rights Ordinance on June 6, 1994, which affords to the residents of 41 <br />Orange County the protections guaranteed by the Fair Housing Act and 42 <br />additionally encompasses the protected classes of Veteran Status and 43 <br />Age; and 44 <br /> 45 <br />WHEREAS, Orange County and the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban 46 <br />Development as well as concerned residents and the housing industry 47 <br />are working to make fair housing opportunities possible for everyone by 48 <br />encouraging others to abide by the letter and the spirit of fair housing 49 <br />laws; and 50 <br /> 51