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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date:. _ March 3. 1999 Agenda Ab ct Item ~ SUBJECT: Request for Proposals -Publication of Orange County Architectural History DEPARTMENT: Environment and Resource Conservation PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes X No ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald R. Belk Request for Proposals Preservation Planner/X2594 PHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Mebane 227-2031 Durham 688-7331 Chapel Hill 967-9251 PURPOSE: To approve a Request for Proposals for publication of the Orange County Architectural History. (Note: This is fourth in a series of Requests for Proposals related to Orange County's Historic Preservation program. At the BOCC's December 15, 1998 meeting, a RFP was approved for an architectural survey of the St. Mary s Road Corridor. Also at that meeting, a RFP was approved to prepare a National Register Nomination for the White Oak Grove School in the Carr vicinity of Cedar Grove township. On February 16, 1999, the BOCC approved a RFP to conduct an archeological survey of the St. Mary's Road Corridor.) BACKGROUND: On June 2, 1998, Orange County received a grant of $5,000 from the NC Department of Cultural Resources for publication of the Orange County Architectural History. This grant was an important step toward achieving one the Historic Preservation Commission's Historic Preservation Goals submitted for BOCC consideration in the FY1998-99 fiscal yeaz. The $5,000 grant represents a significant portion of the funds needed to produce a casebound, hazdcover edition of the County's architectural history. Remaining publication funds may be obtained from a loan from the NC Federation of Historical Societies (NCFHS) and contributions from the private sector. A manuscript of the Orange County Architectural History was completed in 1996 by Richazd Mattson of Charlotte, NC. Dr. Mattson also selected over 100 historically significant sites throughout the rural portions of the County and wrote captions for photographs of these sites. The attached Request for Proposals will be used to select a publisher to develop a format and layout for the publication and advise the County on the cost and requirements of publication. The publisher will be chazged with providing text and cover designs, determining the size of photographs and illustrations, providing or supervising typesetting work, overseeing printing services, and coordinating the overall