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521 <br /> <br /> UPON MOTION of Chairman Carpenter, seconded by Commissioner Payne and <br />unanimously carried, the Board set a public hearing for 7:30 P.M. on Monday, May <br />4, 1992, to receive comments regarding the proposed Community Development Block <br />Grant projects in the Troutman Road/Midland area and the Fishertown area of the <br />county. <br /> UPON MOTION of Chairman Carpenter, seconded by Commissioner Payne and <br />unanimously carried, the Board adopted the following Fair Housing Resolution <br />which contained additional wording in Section 3(3) as requested by the North <br />Carolina Department~of Economic and Community Development. <br /> <br />FAIR HOUSING RESOLUTION OF THE <br />COUNTY OF CABARRUS, NORTH CAROLINA <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the County of Cabarrus seeks to protect the health, <br />safety and welfare of its residents; and <br /> WHEREAS, citizens seek safe, sanitary and habitable dwellings <br />in all areas of the County; and <br /> WHEREAS, the County of Cabarrus finds the denial of equal <br />housing opportunities because of religious, race, color, sex or <br />national origin legally wrong and socially unjust; and <br /> WHEREAS, the denial of equal housing opportunities in housing <br />accommodations is detrimental to public welfare and public order; <br />and <br /> WHEREAS, the County of Cabarrus finds the practice of <br />discrimination against a citizen in housing a denial of his equal <br />rights and his equal opportunity to seek a better living condition <br />and develop community pride; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Commissioners <br />of the County of Cabarrus, North Carolina, that: <br /> <br />Section 1. <br /> <br />Section 2. <br /> <br />Section 3. <br /> <br /> Cabarrus County has declared it an official policy <br /> of County government that there shall not be <br /> discrimination in the terms or conditions for <br /> buying or renting housing in Cabarrus County. <br /> Ail business groups and individual citizens of the <br /> County are urged to respect and implement this <br /> policy. <br /> The Director of Planning, Zoning and Building <br /> Inspections of Cabarrus County is the official <br /> authorized by the County to (1) receive and <br /> document complaints regarding housing <br />discrimination in the County; and (2) refer such <br /> complaints to the North Carolina Human Relations <br /> Council for investigation, conciliation and <br /> resolution: and (3) acknowledge the complaint <br /> within ten (10) days after receipt and indicate <br /> it is being filed with the N.C. Human Relations <br /> Council. <br /> <br />Adopted this 20th day of April, 1992. <br /> <br />/s/ Frankie F. Bonds <br /> <br />Clerk <br /> <br />/s/ Carolyn Bo Carpenter <br /> Chairman <br /> <br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Hamby, seconded by Chairman Carpenter and <br />unanimously carried, the Board adopted the following Proclamation. <br /> <br />NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT WEEK <br /> APRIL 20-26, 1992 <br /> <br />WHEREAS, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGR3kMhas operated <br />since 1975 to provide local governments with the resources to <br />develop viable communities by funding activities that principally <br />benefit low- and moderate-income persons; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina has administered the SMALL <br />CITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM since 1982; and <br /> <br /> <br />