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{ 1 <br /> ORANGECOUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 1. 1997 <br /> Agenda Abstract <br /> Item# 9- a <br /> SUBJECT: CONSULTANT CONTRACT-CEDAR GROVE RURAL HISTORIC DISTRICT NATIONAL <br /> REGISTER NOMINATION <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: Yes _2L—No <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes----X—No <br /> ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Donald R. Belk <br /> (1)Proposed Contract <br /> Preservation Planner X2594 <br /> (2)Request for Proposals <br /> (3)Resume of Kaye Graybeal <br /> (4)Information Mailed to Cedar Grove Property Owners, 10-11-96 PHONE NUMBERS: <br /> (5)Follow-up Mailing to Cedar Grove Property Owners, 10-30-96 Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> (6)Petitions from Eno Presbyterian&Cedar Grove Methodist Church Mebane 227-2031 <br /> (7)Staff Report: Cedar Grove National Register Nomination Durham 688-7331 <br /> Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider a contract to hire Kaye Graybeal, Historic Resource Specialist with DS <br /> Atlantic Corporation of Winston-Salem, NC, to complete the nomination of the Cedar <br /> Grove crossroads area to the National Register of Historic Places. (The proposed contract <br /> is provided as Attachment#1). <br /> BACKGROUND: The Historic Preservation Commission, at their meeting of July 24, 1996, voted to <br /> approved a Request for Proposals to select a qualified consultant to complete the National <br /> Register nomination for the Cedar Grove crossroads area. The Board of Commissioners <br /> approved the Request for Proposals on December 17, 1996(see Attachment#2). <br /> The Request for Proposals was distributed to a list of historic preservation consultants <br /> approved by the State Historic Preservation Office. Planning Staff reviewed the three (3) <br /> RFPs received and forwarded them to the Historic Preservation Commission for review at <br /> their January 22, 1997 meeting. The HPC selected Ms. Graybeal, whom they felt would <br /> be the most qualified to conduct the Cedar Grove project. <br /> Kaye Graybeal is highly regarded in preservation circles. She has considerable experience <br /> in working in rural settings and received Preservation North Carolina's Gertrude S. <br /> Carraway Award of Merit in 1995 for her work in establishing the Oak Ridge Historic <br /> District in Guilford County. (Ms. Graybeal's resume is provided as attachment#J). <br /> BACKGROUND: Nomination of the Cedar Grove crossroads area as a National Register Historic <br />