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089G7 <br /> Commissioner Willhoit said the County Board had thought that the North <br /> Carolina Department of CultUral Resources would be the proper agency to advise <br /> the County on renovations to historical buildings. <br /> The Town suggested perhaps the North Carolina Department of Archives; the <br /> County Attorney sa id he did not k now if this agency would give its "advice <br /> and consent" to plans submitted to them. <br /> Town Commissioner Stevens said the Town Board is opposed to the third floor <br /> ° <br /> of the building being used as a courtroom. <br /> Mayor Cheshire agreed, saying the desire was unanimous to see the Museum <br /> stay on the third floor; but there were really two issues: 1) Museum to <br /> remain in its present location; and, 2) the building be preserved. <br /> Chairman Whitted reiterated that the building must have some function; it <br /> cannot be maintained as a museum piece. <br /> Mayor Cheshire suggested the County list the interior restrictions it could <br /> accept and submit these to the Town of Hillsborough Commisuiunprs, <br /> Chairman Whitted said (and there was a consensus on the Board) that it <br /> would not be fair to future Boards of Commissioners to have to maintain the <br /> building under extreme restrictions. This Board prefers to have a process for <br /> review rather than a list of restrictions for future Boards to follow. <br /> Mayor Cheshire suggested a thirty day moratorium on the lawsuit to pursue <br /> resolution between the Boards. Chairman Whitted said a rewrite of Section IV <br /> of the proposed contract to address the concerns of the Town Commissioners <br /> on the appropriate review agency for building renovations would be done during <br /> the moratorium. <br /> Mr. Roscoe Strickland, President of the Hillsborough Historical Society, <br /> said he appreciated the County Commissioners' concerns regarding the Old Court- <br /> house and that one set of architectural drawings for the interior of the building <br /> were "tastefully done'" He added that he was speaking for himself and not for <br /> the Society when he suggested that perhaps the museum could occupy a ground floor <br /> . in the building. <br /> Chairman Whitted thanked the Mayor and Commissioners of Hillsborough for <br /> coming to the meeting. <br /> Commissioner Walker moved to adjourn Commissioner Ma, .hall <br /> ) <br /> seconded the motion. Vote: Ayes, 5; 19 <br /> Paulette Pridgen-Pond, Clerk <br />