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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 7, 1991 <br />Agenda Abstract <br />Item # V III -0— <br />SUBJECT: SELECTION OF HISTORIC INVENTORY CONSULTANT <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning <br />PUBLIC HEARING: Yes S No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Grant Application Planning Director X2592 <br />Request for Proposals <br />Consultant List ' PHONE NUMBERS: <br />Summary Sheets - Consultant Hillsborough 732 --8181 <br />Proposals [Separate Mebane 227 -2031 <br />Enclosure] Durham 688 -7331 <br />HPC 9/25/91 Minutes Chapel Hill 967 -9251 <br />PURPOSE: To consider the selection of a consultant to conduct <br />an inventory of historic sites and structures in the <br />unincorporated portions of Chapel Hill Township. <br />BACKGROUND: In January, 1991, the Board of Commissioners <br />authorized the County Manager to apply for up to <br />$5,000 from the Survey and Planning Grant Program <br />administered by the State Historic Preservation <br />Office [SHPO]. The amount would be used to match <br />County funds and conduct an inventory of historic <br />sites and structures in the unincorporated portions <br />of Chapel Hill Township. <br />In May, the Planning Director was notified that the <br />application had been approved. A Memorandum of <br />Agreement with the SHPO was subsequently signed, <br />and a certification of matching funds provided. <br />During the same month, the SHPO supplied a list of <br />interested consultants and approved a draft Request <br />for Proposals [RFP]. <br />During May, RFPs were sent to seven consultants <br />recommended by the SHPO. However, only two proposals <br />were received by the June 12 deadline. Given <br />County /State policies suggesting that efforts be <br />made to obtain at least three proposals, RFPs were <br />sent out again at the beginning of July. Besides the <br />original seven consultants, RFPs were sent to two <br />more firms recommended by the SHPO. By the September <br />2 deadline, four proposals had been received from <br />the following firms /persons: <br />