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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date:May 5, 2015 Action Agenda Item No.4-a SUBJECT: Historic Preservation Monthin Orange County DEPARTMENT:PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N)No Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation (DEAPR) ATTACHMENT(S):INFORMATION CONTACT: Proclamation Peter Sandbeck,245-2517 PURPOSE: To proclaim May as Historic Preservation Month in Orange County. BACKGROUND: Each May, the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) asks the BOCCto adopt a proclamationdeclaring May to be Historic Preservation Month in Orange County as a means of publicizing and promoting the many historicpreservation efforts now taking place throughout the county. Non-profit groups and governments across the country observe May as Historic Preservation Month. Historic PreservationMonth offers an opportunity for the County and its local partners in Hillsborough and Chapel Hill to reach out to a residents, visitors, students and preservationists by promoting greater awareness of historic places in thecommunity and sharing information about local preservation projects and programs. Orange Countycan take pride in the manyhistoric preservation activities now underway or recently accomplishedby the Countyandthe HPC, including: Partnering with the Town of Hillsborough on amulti-year projectto produce a new illustrated publication or guidebook to highlight the County’s historic buildings and farmsteads, with funding assistance from the State Historic Preservation Office; Updating the County’s historic resources inventory, first completed in 1993 and updated in 2006, as a first step in the project to develop a book; Partnering with the Alliance for Historic Hillsborough (Alliance) and Preservation Chapel Hill to host programs and toursabout theCounty’s history, archaeology and historic resources; Initiating a project to rebuild thereplica Occaneechi Village in River Park, working with Occaneechi tribal leaders as well as the Town of Hillsborough and the Alliance; Developing a regular tour of the historic Old Courthouse in partnership with the Alliance;