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

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79 Objective CR-10: Establish a dialogue with the other jurisdictions in and adjacent to Orange County to address cultural resources in areas with or without designated Historic Preservation/District Commissions. • The HPC and DEAPR staff collaborated with the Town of Hillsborough to develop a joint County/Town policy to better coordinate the mapping and sharing of information regarding cultural resources within the municipal limits of the Town. This policy was adopted by the BOCC in 2014. • The HPC is partnering with the Hillsborough Historic District Commission in a joint project to produce a publication on the historic resources of the County and Town (ongoing). • The HPC continues working with the Town of Hillsborough to establish a process to permit the HPC to designate Local Historic Landmarks within the boundaries of the Town's ETJ. To further this goal, DEAPR staff and Town planning staff will prepare a draft interlocal agreement that would extend the County's Local Landmark program into the Town of Hillsborough's ETJ. Identify any activities this commission expects to carry out in 2017 as they relate to established BOCC goals and priorities. If applicable, is there a fiscal impact (i.e., funding, staff time, other resources) associated with these proposed activities. • The HPC will seek grant funds from private foundations to allow the HPC to partner with the Town of Hillsborough to produce a comprehensive book/publication documenting the historic resources of the Town and County (Fiscal impact: HPC will request$10,000 in County funds to secure $25,000 in matching/challenge grants in 2017; HPC staff will provide project support) • Develop guidelines and procedures for a proposed Orange County Historic Marker program, modeled on several other successful county marker programs. The goal is to create a County-sponsored system of attractive, durable roadside markers to identify important historic resources, places and people for the educational benefit of the general public. This would complement the state highway marker system, which is restricted to mark only persons, events or places of statewide significance. This would require creating a special marker review committee of qualified historians to evaluate and review the text for all proposed markers. A web site would be established to allow for access to more in-depth information. Such markers will enhance other efforts to promote tourism in rural parts of the county. (Fiscal impact—None; the HPC staff will provide support in 2017) • Continue working with the Hillsborough Planning Staff and the County Attorney on an approach for the handling the further identification and protection of historic resources in the Town's extra-territorial jurisdiction (No fiscal impact)