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<br /> <br /> 1 <br />Orange County <br />HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION <br /> <br />Approved Meeting Summary <br /> <br />March 23rd, 2016 <br />Old Orange County Courthouse <br />106 East King Street, Hillsborough <br /> <br />___________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: Susan Ballard (Chair), Bob Ireland (Vice-Chair), Rob Golan, Jaime Grant, Tom <br />Loter and Allie Mead <br /> <br />MEMBERS ABSENT: Grace White <br /> <br />STAFF PRESENT: Peter Sandbeck <br /> <br />GUESTS: None <br /> <br />ITEM #1: CALL TO ORDER <br />Chair Ballard called the meeting to order at 7:05 pm. <br /> <br />ITEM #2: CHANGES OR ADDITIONS TO AGENDA: None <br /> <br />ITEM #3: APPROVAL OF MINUTES (January): Golan and Ireland identified several corrections <br />that needed to be made; these were duly noted by staff. Ireland moved to accept the <br />minutes corrected as noted; seconded by Golan; motion passed. <br /> <br />ITEM #4: ITEMS FOR DECISION: <br /> <br />a. Review prospective member applications and nominate one applicant to recommend to <br />the BOCC for appointment: <br />Members reviewed the current applications. Discussion followed. Members agreed that <br />Mr. Art Menius had a good background in history and that his skills in public <br />relations/promotions could bring needed expertise in those areas to the HPC’s roster. <br />Chair Ballard asked staff to contact Mr. Menius to see if he was still interested in serving <br />since his application was submitted in late 2014. Applications remain active for two years. <br />A majority of members approved recommending Mr. Menius to the BOCC for <br />appointment. Staff will contact Mr. Menius and then send an official letter to the County <br />Clerk to add to the agenda for the April 19th meeting of the BOCC. Golan cast his final <br />vote as a member, then said farewell to the group and left the meeting at this point. <br /> <br />ITEM #5: DISCUSSION ITEMS <br /> <br />a. Outside Agency Grant Application Summary: <br />Staff presented a brief discussion of the scoring sheet showing the HPC’s composite <br />scores for the two outside agency grant applications. This process is now a unified <br />application that combines questions relevant to the County, Carrboro and Chapel Hill in <br />one complicated application. These are geared toward social agency programs and not <br />cultural programs. Member comments are helpful to the County Commissioners. Staff will <br />prepare the final comments and submit these. <br />