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Historic Preservation Commission's (HPC) Historic Resources Inventory (Multi-Year Project): The FY15-16 Manager's Recommended Budget includes: • The three-year project will cost $97,500. The County will contribute a total of$40,000; CLG will contribute $27,500; and private grants, sponsorships and manuscript purchases will fund the remainder ($30,000). • The FY15-16 budget totals $20,000; the County will contribute $15,000 and the CLG will contribute $5,000. The FY14-15 budget totaled $25,000; the County contributed $10,000 and the CLG grant contributed $15,000. The County's contribution is budgeted in the Transfers to Other Funds section, of the Recommended Budget. Commissioner Jacobs asked if there are property owners wanting to sell conservation easements to Orange County. David Stancil, DEAPR Director, said there are 44 property owners on the "interest" list and 12 who want to actively pursue an easement in the near future. Commissioner Jacobs asked if there is any update regarding Orange Well Net. David Stancil said Well Net is the County's well observation program and he said the County is monitoring about 12 wells. He said information is typically presented to the Board in October. He said it may be 15 years before the data received from this program is of use. He said updates can be provided to the Board more frequently. Commissioner Jacobs said why does the County have this position if the data cannot be applied for years to come. Commissioner Price expressed concern regarding the increase in usage fees for Community Centers. She said many residents tell her that the current fees are prohibitive for their budgets so higher fees would be even more unattainable. David Stancil said this fee change is a change in language only and the rates were already in place. He said internal analysis has been done with other governmental entities and Orange County costs are right in line. He said the facilities can be greatly used without being reserved. He said when one wants exclusive rights to use a facility then the applicable fee would apply. Commissioner Dorosin suggested that the Board have further discussion regarding the Community Center Coordinator proposed position. He said the Rogers Road Community Center (RRCC) is staffing their own center and running programs successfully. He said the RRCC is providing services that Orange County would otherwise provide. Commissioner Jacobs said that the RRCC is an anomalous situation and is an asymmetrical comparison to the other community centers. He said the Rogers Road residents wanted to run the Center and agreed to pay for it. He said if Orange County was going to pay for it then Orange County would run it as it does their other centers. He is not sure how both can be done simultaneously. Commissioner Dorosin said the current model needs to be tweaked. Commissioner Rich said an update review was not built into the interlocal agreement with the Rogers Road Community Center but a discussion is needed to gather feedback on how the Center is doing. Bonnie Hammersley added that the recommended budget does include the Community Center Coordinator, who will be a liaison between all the Community Centers and the Board, providing updates and being a point of contact. • Human Resources, Pg. 312 (including Non-Departmental Items, Pg. 328)