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i 1 i ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: April 4. 1994 Agenda Abstract Item # y=—f 4 SUBJECT:1994 SURVEY&PLANNING GRANT-PHASE IV/HISTORIC PRESERVATION ELEMENT DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC DARING: Yes X No ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: 3/21/94 Notification Letter Planning Director X2592 Grant Project Outline Certification of Matching Funds PHONE NUMBERS: Subgrant Agreement Hillsborough 732-8181 Grant Application Mebane 227-2031 Durham 688-7331 Chapel Hill 967-9251 PURPOSE: To consider accepting a $10,000 Survey and Planning Grant from the State Historic Preservation Office. BACKGROUND: At its January 18, 1994 meeting, the Board of Commissioners authorized the County Manager to apply for up to$10,000 from the Survey and Planning Grant Program administered by the State Historic Preservation Office. The amount would be used to carry out Phase IV of an overall preservation program, consisting of the preparation of a Historic Preservation Element as part of the Comprehensive Plan, i.e., the "game plan" to follow in terms a historic preservation program. Refer to the attached application for a complete project description. The Planning Director was notified on March 22, 1994 that the application has been approved.To receive the giant,the County must sign the attached Subgrant Agreement and provide certification of matching funds.This must be accomplished by April 30, 1994. The project is estimated to cost$45,890,including$10,000 in grant funds,$19,040 in County matching funds ($10,000 appropriation plus one-time$9,040 diversion of intern funds in FY 1994-95 budget), and$16,850 in-kind services.A consultant is to be sought to prepare the Historic Preservation Element with assistance from the Planning Department Staff. Phase V, the preparation of National Register nominations, would be the subject of a grant request in 1995. At its March 23, 1994 meeting, the Historic Preservation Commission voted unanimously to recommend acceptance of the grant award. RECOMMENDATION: The Administration recommends that the County Manager be authorized to sign the Subgrant Agreement and provide certification of matching funds.