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ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br /> 3 <br /> 306F REVERE ROAD <br /> HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 <br /> .1. N <br /> v i <br /> v�. L• <br /> REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS <br /> For. Preservation Planning Consultant Services <br /> Submission Deadline: July 31, 1994 <br /> Contact: Marvin Collins, Planning Director <br /> Orange County <br /> 306F Revere Road <br /> Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br /> 919/732.8181 Extension 2592 <br /> Orange County is seeking a professional consultant to assist the Planning Department staff in preparing <br /> a Historic Preservation Element as part of the Comprehensive Plan;e.g.,the"game plan"to follow in terms <br /> of a historic preservation program.The County's land use planning program is innovative and progressive, <br /> and the plan will serve as a prototype for other rural counties.The project is Phase IV of a multi-phased <br /> project. <br /> Project Description <br /> Since the inception of its comprehensive planning program, a goal of Orange County has been the <br /> completion of detailed inventories of its cultural,historical,recreational,biological,and geological resources. <br /> In 1988,the Planning Department completed a general listing of such sites in the unincorporated portions <br /> of the county. In 1988, a Master Recreation and Parks Plan was prepared for Orange County. During <br /> the same year, the Triangle Land Conservancy completed an Inventory of Natural Areas and Wildlife <br /> Habitats of Orange County.These studies provided the detailed inventory of recreational,geological,and <br /> biological sites. <br /> Consistent with the above goal, Orange County applied for Survey and Planning Grant Funds to <br /> undertake inventories of historic and archaeological sites in the unincorporated portions of the <br /> county. These inventories as well as the preparation of a publication manuscript have been undertaken <br /> in the following phases: <br /> Grant Year Phase Project <br /> 1991 I Historic architectural survey & inventory of unincorporated <br /> portions of Chapel Hill Township (159 structures identified) <br /> 1992 II Historic architectural survey & inventory of unincorporated <br /> portions of remaining six townships (507 structures identified) <br /> 1993 III Archaeological survey and preparation of publication manuscript <br /> (project currently underway) <br /> The results of the archaeological survey and the architectural surveys were to be used in <br /> completing Phase IV of Orange County's program.That phase was to consist of the preparation of a <br /> preservation plan; e.g., the Historic Preservation Element of the Comprehensive Plan,and nominations <br /> for the National Register of Historic Places. Rather than a four-phase project, Orange County proposes <br /> to expand the project to five phases. Phase IV will involve the preparation of the l astoric Preservation <br /> Element, while Phase V will consist of the preparation of the National Register nominations. <br />