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w <br /> t <br /> 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 2. 1995 <br /> Agenda Abstract <br /> Item # lII- <br /> SUBJECT: STATE GRANTS PROGRAM APPLICATION <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Donald R. Belk X2594 <br /> - Grant Criteria and Procedures Planner II/Special Projects <br /> - List of Sample Projects <br /> -Application Form PHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider submission of proposals for the 1995-1996 State Grants Program for <br /> Nonprofit Historical Organizations and Local Government Entities. <br /> BACKGROUND: 1993 was the first year of funding for the State Grants Program. The program <br /> was established to "encourage the protection, preservation,and interpretation of <br /> historic assets with local or regional significance." Orange County submitted an <br /> unsuccessful application for a grant to publish the Historic Resources Inventory <br /> book. Last year, the Historic Preservation Commission submitted three (3) <br /> proposals under this program. In addition to resubmitting the proposal to publish <br /> the inventory, the HPC recommended submitting proposals to (1) prepare a <br /> National Register District nomination for Cedar Grove; and (2) produce a slide- <br /> tape program featuring the historic resources of the County's seven townships. <br /> These requests also were not accepted for funding. <br /> The State Grants Program is especially attractive in that it does not require <br /> matching funds by the local government. This year, a total of $3 million is <br /> available. The application deadline is October 13, 1995. <br /> The Planning Staff'is recommending revision of the proposal for the Cedar Grove <br /> National Register District in light of new information that has been obtained <br /> during the past year. Since the completion of the inventory is scheduled for <br /> September 1996, and educational programs will be included as Action <br /> Recommendations in the upcoming Preservation Element,Staff recommends that <br /> last year's proposals for the slide-tape presentation and the inventory publication <br /> be dropped,and that the State Grants application feature the Cedar Grove Rural <br /> Historic District nomination. <br /> Baseline information for a Cedar Grove Crossroads National Register District was <br /> compiled by Shannon Sexton during her graduate internship with the Orange <br /> County Planning Department. Review of Sexton's draft nomination by Pat Dickinson <br />