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~DOy6 7 <br />Commissioner Willhoit said the County Board had thought that the North <br />Garolina Department of Gultural Resources would be the proper agency to advise <br />the County on renovations to historical buildings. <br />The Town suggested perhaps the North Carolina Department of Archives; the <br />County Attorney said he did not know if this agency would give its "advice <br />and consent" to plans submitted to them. <br />Town Commissioner Stevens said the Town Board is opposed to the third floor <br />of the building being used as a courtroom. <br />Mayor Cheshire agreed, saying the desire was unanimous to see the Museum <br />stay on the third floor; but .there were really two issues: 1) Museum to <br />remain in its present location; and, 2) the building be preserved. <br />.Chairman Whitted reiterated that the building must have some function; it <br />cannot be maintained as a museum piece. <br />Mayor Cheshire suggested the County. list the interior restrictions it could <br />accept and submit these to the Town of,Hilisborough Commissioners. <br />Chairman Whitted said .(and there was a consensus on~the Board) that it <br />would not be fair to future Boards of Gommissioners to have to maintain the <br />building under extreme restrictions. This Board prefers to have a process for <br />review rather than.a list of restrictions for future Boards to follow: <br />Mayor Cheshire suggested a thirty day moratorium an the lawsuit to pursue <br />resolution between the Boards. Chairman Whitted said a rewrite of Section TV <br />of the proposed contract to address the concerns of the Town Commissioners <br />on the appropriate review agency for building renovations would be done during <br />the moratorium. <br />Mr. Roscoe Strickland, President of the Hillsborough His•iorical Society, <br />said he appreciated the County Commissioners' concerns regarding the pid Court- <br />house and .that one set of architectural drawings for the interior of the building <br />were "tastefully done." He added that he was speaking for himself and not for <br />the Society when he suggested that perhaps the museum could occupy a ground floor <br />in the building. <br />Chairman Whitted thanked the Mayor and Gomnissianers of Hillsborough for <br />coming to the meeting. <br />Commissioner Walker moved to adjourn the meeting; Commissioner Ma hall <br />seconded tree motion. Vote: Ayes, 5; noes, <br />r <br />i ed, Chair <br />Paulette Pridgen-Pond, Clerk <br /> <br />