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1 <br /> O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date October 5, 1994 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # Vim.-E <br /> SUBJECT: STATE GRANTS PROGRAM APPLICATION <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning & Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Planning <br /> Grant Criteria and Procedures Director <br /> List of Sample Projects Extension 2592 <br /> Application Forms <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider three projects for submittal under the <br /> State Grants Program for Nonprofit Historical <br /> Organizations and Local Government Entities (The State <br /> Grants Program) . <br /> BACKGROUND: Last year was the first year of funding for the <br /> State Grants Program. The program was established to <br /> "encourage the protection, preservation, and <br /> interpretation of historic assets with local or <br /> regional significance. " Funding from the State <br /> Grants Program is especially attractive in that <br /> it does not require matching funds by the local <br /> government. Orange County applied for a grant to <br /> publish the historic resources inventory book but was <br /> unsuccessful. <br /> This year a total of $2.0 million is available. The <br /> application deadline is October 15. The Historic <br /> Preservation Commission has recommended three (3) t <br /> projects to be submitted for grant requests. <br /> The grant criteria stipulate that "Priority <br /> consideration will be given to properties listed on or <br /> eligible for listing on the National Register of <br /> Historic Places, " and to "educational objectives. " <br /> All three of the proposed projects meet these <br /> criteria. <br /> 1. A request of $35,000 is proposed to hire a <br /> consultant to prepare a National Register <br />