2013-124 AMS - Legacy Research Associates for Public Market House Parking Lot and Riverwalk Park $9,000

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I. INTRODUCTION This scope of work and cost estimate has been prepared by Legacy Research Associates (Legacy) of Durham, North Carolina, for the Orange County Planning and Inspections Department in Hillsborough, North Carolina. The proposed work is for archaeological investigations associated with the planned geothermal project(Phase II) located in the Hillsborough Historic District. The work will focus on the Public Market House and Riverwalk Park where three geothermal well fields are planned. The Orange County Department of Environment,Agriculture, Parks and Recreation (DEAPR)will serve in an advisory role for the project. The proposed archaeological survey work will be conducted in compliance with the Orange County Cultural and Archaeological (C&A) Resources Policy(October 3, 2006). The purpose of the policy is to clarify the county's intention to identify and evaluate cultural and archaeological resources on sites that are planned for construction. The objective of the proposed C&A investigation will be to document the presence and/or absence of archaeological resources in project areas that may be affected by the proposed geothermal well field and pipe routing construction. This proposal presents our understanding of the project and the methods we will use in performing the investigations. The fieldwork and technical report of investigations will meet the qualifications specified in the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation (Federal Register 48) and will comply with guidelines for archaeological research that have been established by the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. All cultural materials collected and curated, along with all records of this contract, shall be cared for in accordance with the requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 79. The Principal Investigator will meet or exceed the qualifications described in the Secretary of the Interior's Professional Qualifications Standards (48 FR 44738-9). All information submitted in the technical report will be factual and complete. 2. DESCRIPTION OF WORK Public Market House Parking Lot and Riverwalk Park. This area is located near Stillhouse Creek and has a high probability for having intact archaeological materials that may have been buried underneath the fill soil that was brought to the property in 2007 prior to the construction of the Public Market House. The parking areas adjacent to the public market house and the park area(figure 3) are planned as geothermal well fields (figure 4). The archaeological investigations for the proposed geothermal well drilling project will include the following elements: a) background research relevant to the project areas, b) archaeological subsurface investigations in project areas that have not previously disturbed or are not covered with asphalt, c) data analysis, and d) reporting of the results of the survey investigations. 2