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1 ORANGECOUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: September 16, 1997 Agenda Abstract Item# ft.& SUBJECT: Historic Landmark Designation Program DEPARTMENT; Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes X No ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: Don Belk 1) Preserving the Orange Tradition: Preservation Planner/X2594 A Landmark Designation Program for Orange County 2) Minutes of August 25 Quarterly Public Hearing PHONE NUMBERS: 3) Minutes of August 27 meeting of the Historic Hillsborough 732-8181 Preservation Commission Mebane 227-2031 Durham 688-7331 Chapel Hill 967-9251 PURPOSE: To consider a recommendation from the Historic Preservation Commission to adopt the proposed Historic Landmark Designation Program. BACKGROUND: The Ordinance Creating the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) of Orange County, adopted in April 1991, authorizes the HPC to recommend designation of individual buildings, structures, and sites as "historic landmarks." Local landmark designation is the formal recognition of a property's importance to the history and cultural heritage of Orange County, and is fundamental to implementing the goals and objectives of the Historic Preservation Element of the Comprehensive Plan. A report, Preserving the Orange Tradition:A Landmarks Designation Program for Orange County, provides an in-depth discussion of the historic landmarks designation program. It describes the authority for instituting such a program, the process of local historic designation, and examines the costs of the program. The proposed historic landmarks designation program was presented at the August 25 public hearing. There were no questions or comments on this item (see attached public hearing minutes). On August 27, the Historic Preservation Commission voted unanimously to recommend adoption of the program (see attached HPC meeting minutes).