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5 Specifically,Phase IV,the phase for which funds are being sought,will contain three major elements: (1)a summary of the inventory of historic,architectural,and archaeological resources; (2)a statement of goals and objectives for protecting and preserving those resources;and(3)a program of implementation techniques for accomplishing the goals and objectives.Element One will summarize the results of the inventories,including local development history, and unique or distinctive aspects of that architectural and archaeological history. Attention will also be given to analyzing population, economic,and land uses changes to identify threats and opportunities for preservation.Element Two will seek to identify specific goals and objectives,including action recommendations, completion dates, and task responsibilities as well as solicit community input through a series of public hearings on preservation goals. Element Three will focus on the full range of techniques available for achieving preservation goals, including evaluation and designation,legal and regulatory protection,financial incentives,and public education and awareness. However, specific attention will also be given to on-going local initiatives and interests such as the creation of historic districts for Cedar Grove,Oaks,and Ray-Kenion,and the preparation of preliminary design guidelines; the identification of sites and/or structures for assistance in National Register designation; the creation of a local historic landmark designation program, including preliminary design guidelines for the principal architectural styles found in the county-, pursuit of a purchase of development rights program for farmland protection combined with rural historic landscape designation, and the use of rural character strategies such as cluster design techniques to preserve historic resources. As an example of the initiatives referred to above,cluster design techniques are not new but recently, primarily as a result of the work of Randall Arendt, their use in preserving sensitive environmental lands, farmland, and historic sites has received national attention. Orange County is working with Mr. Arendt, the N.C. Association of County Commissioners, and the N.C. Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources to produce a design guidebook for three North Carolina counties under the auspices of the Albemarle-Pamilico Estuarine Study.The guidebook would,while serving as a model for other counties,focus on the use of cluster development techniques to preserve important resources while allowing development to occur. Orange County thus wishes to coordinate its efforts on the preparation of a Historic Preservation Element with those on a Rural Character Design Guidebook so that both initiatives benefit.The timing of both projects is also such that they will rim concurrently.