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Staff will provide any other information at the meeting, and the Boards can discuss issues related to this item as necessary. No Attachments 6.Interlocal Agreement to Protect Archaeological Resources on Town and County Properties Orange County and the Town of Hillsborough follow specific land disturbance and development regulations that are intended to protect the Cultural, Archaeological, Historic, and Environmental resources within its jurisdictions and on its property. For instance, a cultural and archaeological survey (“C&A Survey”) is required by the County for any projects that fall on County property, either above ground or below. The Orange County Department ofEnvironment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation (“DEAPR”) is currently working with Town Planning Staff on identified parcels and draft definitions of the terms archeological, cultural, and environmental resources. Agreement on these two items will allow the creation of an inter-local agreement regarding how these resources will be addressed. Historic preservation values shared by both the County and town are also being discussed as inclusive in this Inter-Local Agreement.Further, the town is considering a conceptual cultural asset inventory project as part of its FY2013-14 budget deliberations. Staff will provide any other information at the meeting, and the Boards can discuss issues related to this item as necessary. No Attachments 7.Future Use of Whitted Human Services Center On November 13, 2012, the BOCC discussed re-purposing the former library space on the second floor of the Whitted Facility as a permanent meeting room with a multi-purpose capability for housing a variety of public meeting and event uses. This space would also be available for events managed by the Orange County Cultural Center (“OCCC”), as well as for town uses, County schools use, and other public purpose activities. This discussion was founded on a February 23, 2012 joint meeting between the BOCC and the Hillsborough Town Board, and is summarized in Attachment 7A, “February 6, 2012 Memo Regarding Whitted Building”, that provides background presented to the Board prior to this joint meeting. Staff presented an alternate concept of providing additional general administrative and office space as part of its annual budget process during a work session held on February 12, 2013. nd Attachment 7B, “Whitted 2Floor Conceptual Space Plans”, depictsthese possible uses presented to the BOCC. County staff members have collaborated with Town staff on zoning and parking topics and look forward to working together on this project in its final form should the BOCC elect to move forward.