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10 <br /> • <br /> ' ATTACHMENT C <br /> Since the inception of ite comprehensive planning program,, a goal of Orange . <br /> I <br /> . County has been the completion of detailed inventories of its•cultural, •historical, <br /> recreational, biological, and geological resources. In 1986, the Planning Department .• <br /> { <br /> . completed a general listing of such sites in the unincorporated <br /> P portions of the county. <br /> While some field surveys were conducted for site •i <br /> verification purposes, the listing was • <br /> I. <br /> based exclusively on existing documentation. ' <br /> In 1988, a Master Recreation and Parks Plan was prepared .for Orange County. . <br /> I. <br /> . During the same year, the Triangle Land Conservancy completed an Inventory of Natural . <br /> Areas and Wildlife Habitats of Orange County. These studies provided the detailed <br /> r. . <br /> inventory of recreational, geological, and biological sites. • . <br /> Consistent with the above goal, in January, 1991, Orange County applied for . <br /> • Survey and Planning Grant Funds to undertake an inventory of histor c sites and <br /> structures in the unincorporated portions of Cha el Hit 1 Township, he most populous <br /> t1 <br /> P <br /> and urbanized of the county's seven townships. <br /> Following notice of the grant .award in May of <br /> Y 199*, the inventory project was . <br /> • begun in December and completed in June of 1992. Based on the inventory conducted by • <br /> the consultants, the area contained 159 structures of significance. .• <br /> The Chapel Hill Township inventory was the first of a four-phase project. The ' <br /> second phase, and the one for which Planning and Survey Grant Funds are being used now, . . <br /> consists of an inventory of the remaining unincorporated portions of the county. Notice <br /> of the grant award occurred in May, 1992, and contracts with the consultants were <br /> • signed in December. To date, a planning phase and four of 13 phases'of the . <br /> . comprehensive survey have been completed. When completed in July of 1993, approximately <br /> • <br /> 700 sites of historical significance will have been identified and surveyed. <br /> As noted in the 1992 grant application, the third phase, and the one for which • <br /> • <br /> Planning and Survey Funds are being requested, will consist of two parts, including the , <br /> publication of a county-wide inventory and an inventory of archaeological sites. <br /> • <br /> . <br />