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1 <br /> ORANGE C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: June 29 , 1993 <br /> Agenda Abstract <br /> Item # <br /> SUBJECT: ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY - CONSULTANT SELECTION <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: Yes_X_No <br /> ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Survey Contract Planning Director X2592 <br /> Draft 5/26/93 HPC Minutes <br /> PHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider selection of a consultant to conduct the <br /> archaeological survey as part of the Phase III <br /> Historic Inventory. <br /> BACKGROUND: At its January 19, 1993 meeting, the Board of <br /> Commissioners authorized the County Manager to apply <br /> for $15,000 from the Survey and Planning Grant <br /> Program administered by the State Historic <br /> Preservation Office. The Planning Director was <br /> notified on March 15, 1993 that the application had <br /> been approved, and the Board of Commissioners voted <br /> unanimously to accept the grant on April 5, 1993. <br /> The grant amount plus the County's matching share <br /> will total $30,000 and be used to conduct an <br /> inventory of archaeological sites in the <br /> unincorporated portions of Orange County ($20,000) <br /> and prepare the manuscript for the countywide <br /> inventory ($10,000) . <br /> The County share would consist of $15,000 cash plus <br /> a $5,200 in-kind contribution. Professional services <br /> funds requested as part of the Planning Department's <br /> FY 1993-94 budget would be used to cover the cash <br /> match. The in-kind contribution includes supplies <br /> and equipment expense, and Planning Department staff <br /> time on the project. Personnel and operating <br /> expenses will be covered in the FY 1993-94 Planning <br /> Department budget. <br /> The State Historic Preservation Office informed the <br /> Planning Director that the County had a choice in <br /> determining a consultant for the project. A request <br />