NS Purchasing - Legacy Research Assoc Inc-Cultural Resources Survey of Hollow Rock & New Hope Preserve

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Orange County ~ Environment &~ Resource Conservation 3o6.AR~V~~~ ~.~~~~PO $a~ s~.s~ ii~s~aoxau~~., ~C 27278 Phony: X919} 245-2590, ~~~: X919} 644-335 ,,~ ~. ~, July 23, ~oa7 MEM~R~AVDUM T~: Archaeology Consultants F`RaM: Tina Nloon, ~'RCD Cultural Resources Special~s~ SUBJECT: Request for Proposals -Cultural Resources Survey Hollow Rock Access Area and New Hope Creek Preserve Grange & Durham counties, North Carolina grange County is seeking a qualified and experienced archaeologists} to conduct a cultural resources survey on several adjacent tracts X97 acres total} purchased for the proposed Hollow Rock Access Area and adjoining New Hope Creek Preserve. The Hallow Rock Access Area will include a trail and limited parking, along with other limited facilities sited in a natural area. Information from the survey will be used to assist with the siting of future facilities and for identifying areas of historic and cultural interest for interpretation. The subject property is located along the southeast side of Erwin Road ASR X734} at the intersection with Pickett Road ASR ~ 303}. It extends from New Hope Creek, on the west, tv just beyond the boundary line between C}range and Durham counties. The proposed Hollow Rock Access Area is a multi jurisdictional project, with property owned by Orange and Durham counties, the City of Durham, the Town of Chapel Hill, and others. The future New Hope Creek Preserve continues downstream along New Elope Creek, and may include a future trail connection. The site is predominately wooded. New Hope Creek forms the western boundary line of the public open space, with a smaller tributary flowing diagonally northeast-southwest through the center of the property. The findings from the survey will be provided to a joint committee charged with developing a master plan far the proposed "Hollow Rock Access Area." It is expected that the master plan will accommodate limited facilities with a low~impact design that will enable the site to retain most or all of the natural, cultural and scenic components of the property. The information will also be used at a subsequent date by grange County for planning the New Hope Creek Preserve.