Agenda - 03-28-2017 - 2 - County Commissioners – Boards and Commissions – Annual Work Plans-Reports

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78 • The HPC provided extensive input into DEAPR staff's development of the Natural and Cultural System Element of the Comprehensive Plan—specifically the chapter on Cultural and Historic Resources. The HPC frames its annual work plan around efforts to implement the objectives outlined in the Cultural and Historic Resources Chapter. Objective CR-1: Provide for the systematic identification of historic buildings, objects, districts, sites, structures and archaeological sites. Update and improve these inventories at regular intervals. • Completed a project to update the old 1992-93 county-wide historic resources inventory by obtaining federal grants through the State Historic Preservation Office in 2014 and 2015; project included first phase of text preparation for a publication that documents and shares those resources. These projects have produced new property data that has been entered into the joint county/state historic resources database and in the state's master GIS mapping system (HPO- GIS). • The HPC collaborates on an ongoing basis with AMS and Planning departments to ensure all archaeological and cultural resources are properly identified and protected during County-funded or initiated projects (guided by the County's "Cultural and Archaeological Resources Policy adopted by BOCC in 2006). Through this process, dozens of Native American and historic archaeological sites have been identified, documented, and mapped. Objective CR-3: Work within the Orange County government system to identify and resolve existing policies which may be in conflict with the County's historic preservation mission. • HPC and DEAPR staff work closely with Planning & Inspections staff and Environmental Health staff on permitting requirements for historic properties, as well as active coordination with AMS in the identification and protection of archaeological resources during County-initiated construction projects. • Established, in partnership with the Planning Department, a program called the "Quick Response Team," which provides a notification process that allows the HPC to document historic properties slated for demolition or practice burning. Objective CR-7: Encourage publication of material relating to the County's heritage. • The historic resources inventory update project was completed in 2016. The next phase, to be carried out in 2017, is to prepare written text and high quality photography needed for the planned publication/book documenting the county's historic resources. • Completed Design Standards for Orange County Local Landmarks and Local Historic Districts (adopted October 2010).