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1 <br />O R A N G E C 0 U N T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: A ril 1 1991 <br />Agenda Abstract <br />Item # <br />SUBJECT: PROPOSED HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: Yes —X —No <br />ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Draft Ordinance Planning Director - X2592 <br />Draft 2/25/91 Public Hearing <br />Minutes PHONE NUMBERS: <br />Beth Thomas 3/7/91 Letter Hillsborough 732 -8181 <br />Draft 3/18/91 Planning Board Mebane 227 -2031 <br />Minutes Durham 688 -7331 <br />(Refer to 2/25/91 Public Chapel Hill 967 -9251 <br />Hearing Agenda for additional <br />background,material) <br />PURPOSE: To consider a proposed ordinance which would, upon <br />adoption, establish a Historic Preservation <br />Commission for Orange County, including mechanisms <br />for the identification and preservation of historic <br />sites and structures. <br />This item was presented at public hearing on <br />February 25, 1991. <br />BACKGROUND: In 1986, the Planning Department completed <br />preparation of An Inventory of Sites of Cultural <br />Historical Recreational Biological, and Geological <br />Si nificance in the Unincor orated Portions of <br />Orange County. While some field surveys were <br />conducted, the inventory was based almost <br />exclusively on existing documentation. <br />In 1988, a Master Recreation and Parks Plan was <br />prepared for Orange County. During the same year, <br />the Triangle Land Conservancy completed the <br />;Dygntory of Natural Areas and Wildlife Habitats of <br />Orange County. These studies provided a more <br />detailed identification of sites than identified in <br />the 1986 Inventory. <br />A goal of the Planning Department and Planning Board <br />has been the completion of the detailed inventories <br />through a survey of historic sites and structures. <br />Discussions were held with representatives of the <br />N.C. Preservation Fund and NCDCR about ways and <br />means of preparing an inventory and preserving <br />