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16 , <br /> DRAFT JOINT PUBLIC HEARING PAGE 15 <br /> Deeds Office. <br /> One note as to entries--the entries for arche- <br /> ological sites are as cryptic as they are because <br /> the Archeology Branch has asked that they be <br /> - presented that way, Although complete data on <br /> sites, including location, is now on file in the <br /> Planning Department, there is a fear that public <br /> disclosure of exact locations will invite disrup- <br /> tion of the sites. <br /> New measures of protection that may arise from <br /> this work will depend entirely on whether any new <br /> protection beyond the status quo is warranted. <br /> Potential measures could range from Zoning Ordi- <br /> nance amendments to simply informing a state <br /> agency responsible for a particular site 's pro- <br /> tection that development is proposed for that site <br /> to no new measures at all. What new measures or <br /> simply new awareness that might arise from this <br /> work stems from its basic premise, Orange County's <br /> natural heritage should not be compromised, its <br /> cultural heritage not forgotten. <br /> Planning Staff recommends approval of amendment to <br /> the text and incorporation of inventory as <br /> appendix to the Land Use Plan. <br /> Commissioner Marshall noted this was an impressive <br /> study and one which was needed but questioned, <br /> under the religious area of the study. if Black <br /> Baptist was a specific denomination. Torgan <br /> responded that the document he had to work with <br /> was the Orange County Directory which was put <br /> together in 1952 and that directory made the <br /> distinction between White Southern Baptist <br /> Churches and Black Baptist Churhes. Marshall <br /> suggested that this not be listed as if it were a <br /> denomination. <br /> Planning Board member Hubbard inquired if this <br /> were a final inventory or if it were to be updated <br /> periodically. Torgan responded it would be <br /> updated as more information becomes available. <br /> Commissioner Walker stated that a study had been <br /> done fairly recently and that a copy of this study <br /> should help considerably. <br /> Jo Barbour indicated that a Mrs. Ingstrom had <br /> information that should be incorporated in the <br /> study. Torgan responded that those notes prepared <br /> by Mrs. Ingstrom are reportedly missing. <br /> Pearson Stewart, Triangle Land Conservancy. <br />