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1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: January 24, 2013 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 4 -g <br />SUBJECT: Captain John S. Pope Farm National Register Nomination <br />DEPARTMENT: Environment, Agriculture, Parks PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />and Recreation (DEAPR) <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1) Vicinity Map Rich Shaw, 245 -2514 <br />2) Letter from State Historic Preservation Peter Sandbeck, 245 -2517 <br />Office <br />3) Elected Official Comment Letter <br />4) Public Hearing Notice <br />5) National Register Nomination (excerpt) <br />6) Photos of the Pope Farm <br />PURPOSE: To consider the Orange County Historic Preservation Commission's <br />recommendation that the Captain John S. Pope Farm be submitted for listing in the National <br />Register of Historic Places. <br />BACKGROUND: The National Register process requires that the Board of County <br />Commissioners offer an opinion recommending for or against the listing of a particular property <br />within its jurisdiction. The owner of the subject farm, Robert Pope, initiated the National <br />Register Nomination for his property to provide this honorary designation as part of his long- <br />term effort to protect and preserve this historic agricultural property. The process has been <br />undertaken in consultation with the Historic Preservation Commission, which endorses this <br />Nomination. A vicinity map of the property is provided as Attachment #1. <br />On December 14, 2012, DEAPR's historic preservation staff received a letter from the State <br />Historic Preservation Officer (Attachment #2) enclosing a National Register Nomination for the <br />Captain John S. Pope Farm, located in the Cedar Grove community. An excerpt of the <br />Nomination is provided (Attachment #5) along with photographs (Attachment #6). <br />As a Certified Local Government (CLG), Orange County has sixty (60) days from the date <br />of submission of a National Register nomination to make comments on the proposal. If <br />the County does not comment on the proposed nomination by February 14, 2013, the <br />County's approval is assumed. (The County's status as a CLG allows it to apply for and <br />receive federal grant funds through the State Historic Preservation Office for local <br />historic preservation projects.) <br />In accordance with CLG guidelines, the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) is required to <br />provide an opportunity for public comment during the 60 -day period. To meet this requirement, <br />the HPC will hold a public hearing at its regular meeting on January 23, 2013. A Notice of <br />