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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 4 , 1993 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # 2I1E-G <br /> SUBJECT: APPLICATION FOR THE 1993-94 STATE GRANTS PROGRAM FOR <br /> NONPROFIT HISTORICAL ORGANIZATIONS AND <br /> LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning & Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Marvin Collins <br /> Extension 2592 <br /> Grant Application <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 Orange County's application for the 1993- <br /> 94 State Grants Program for Nonprofit Historical <br /> Organizations and Local Government Entities. <br /> BACKGROUND: This year the North Carolina General Assembly created <br /> the above mentioned State Grants Program to be <br /> administered by the Department of Cultural Resources, <br /> Division of Archives and History. The grants program <br /> was established "to encourage the protection, <br /> preservation, and interpretation of historic assets <br /> with local or regional significance, " with priority <br /> given to educational objectives. <br /> A total of one million dollars is to be awarded in the <br /> 1993-94 fiscal year. Orange County is eligible to <br /> apply for up to $50, 000. The application deadline is <br /> October 15, 1993 . The State Grants Program is <br /> different from the Survey and Planning Grants which <br /> the County has received for the past three years in <br /> that the State Grants Program is not a matching grant. <br /> On September 15, the Orange County Historic <br /> Preservation Commission voted to recommend that the <br /> County submit a State Grants application for the <br /> amount of $48, 000 to be used toward the publication of <br /> the Inventory of Historic Architecture and <br /> Archaeological Sites. If awarded the grant, the funds <br />