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12 1 6. Interlocal Acireement to Protect Archaeolociical Resources on Town and County 2 Properties 3 4 Rich Shaw, Land Conservation Manager, said about a year ago there was a mutually 5 agreed location for a wayfaring sign. He said it was discovered that this was a place where they 6 had found archeological items. In response, the town and Orange County decided to work 7 jointly to try and prepare a map of known archeological sites. He said they will have a map and 8 interlocal agreement to share in about 6 months. 9 Town Commissioner Hallman questioned how this knowledge would be used on 10 privately owned properties. 11 Rich Shaw this is only for publicly owned properties and more information will be added 12 to the database as it is discovered. 13 Margaret Hauth said that these maps are not published due to fear that the sites would 14 be plundered, however in-house maps are important so that water/sewer and public works folks 15 are aware when improvements are being made. 16 Rich Shaw said that one of the cultural resource specialists found out that the state had 17 been keeping hand maps and now are using GIS and this will now be incorporated into the town 18 and county database. 19 Chair Jacobs asked if there would be outreach to DOT to let them know where these 20 resources are. 21 Margaret Hauth said that inquiry can be made. 22 23 7. Future Use of Whitted Human Services Center 24 25 Frank Clifton said Orange County raised the possible use of this center about a year ago 26 and the county has done some preliminary visions of the center. He said one use is just for 27 governmental usage and the other is to share with county and arts community. He said that the 28 Board of County Commissioners has not made any specific direction but has been working 29 closely with town staff on parking, noise impacts, etc. 30 AMS Director, Jeff Thompson provided a review of the proposed following floor plans: 31 Plan 1 — Board of County Commissioners' Meeting Space with Government Office Space, Plan 32 2- Board and Arts Council Co-tenancy, and Plan 3 Board of County Commissioners' Meeting 33 Space Only. These plans are found on pages 17, 18, 19 of the meeting abstract. 34 Jeff Thompson said that, with regard to the combined use with the cultural center, he 35 and Margaret Hauth have worked closely on this, especially with regard to parking. He said that 36 if the board is interested in pursuing this, there would need to be an operational agreement with 37 the cultural center to drive the zoning and permitting process. He said the pieces of this will 38 include the activity type, intensity and frequency. He said that with a 300 seat arrangement, 192 39 parking spaces will be needed and that there are 219 on-site, including on street parking. He 40 noted that if on street parking were removed, some spaces would have to be created. He 41 presented a map of the parking site plan, which shows, paving in area 6 and area 1, as well as 42 the addition of 25 spaces in the grassy area southeast of the main entrance. 43 Frank Clifton clarified that addition spaces would be in the area where mobile units had 44 been previously and there would be landscaping and paving done in each of the areas. He said 45 the ramps on the back of the building would be one of the more expensive parts of the process. 46 Frank Clifton said there is no plan to use area 5. 47 Margaret Hauth said that the actual use agreement will dictate whether this is a staff 48 level approval or gets in front of a board. She said that right now, all of the plans meet the 49 ordinance requiring all parking to be off street. She said she feels this will likely move forward 50 with staff level approval but she said it would be worthwhile to have all parties involved,