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M] <br />What are the concerns or emerging issues your board has identified for the <br />upcoming year that it plans to address, or wishes to bring to the Commissioners' <br />attention? <br />The HPC plans to seek BOCC approval to apply for and accept a second <br />federal grant through the State Historic Preservation Office, to assist in the <br />HPC's three -year project to publish a first -class book documenting the <br />county's historic resources, similar to books published by Durham and Wake <br />counties. The HPC was successful in obtaining a federal grant in 2014 for the <br />first phase of this effort. <br />The HPC wishes to propose a project to develop a long -range historic <br />preservation plan to guide all future work on the Old Orange County <br />Courthouse and its grounds /landscaping. The HPC will seek BOCC approval <br />to initiate this effort to protect one of the most significant historic structures in <br />Orange County. This project will be carried out in partnership with AMS, to <br />develop a planning document for review and input from the BOCC and <br />eventual adoption (last major work was a 1985 renovation to improve fire <br />safety and handicapped access, and the restoration of the tower and clock, <br />completed in 2004). <br />