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Attachment 1 <br /> <br /> 1 <br />Orange County <br />HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION <br /> <br />Approved Meeting Summary <br /> <br />April 27th, 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), Jaime Grant, Allie Mead, Art <br />Menius and Grace White <br /> <br />MEMBERS ABSENT: Tom Loter (excused) <br /> <br />STAFF PRESENT: Peter Sandbeck <br /> <br />GUESTS: Joseph Ofoomozokpa and Annie Baumann, planning students, UNC-CH <br /> <br />ITEM #1: CALL TO ORDER <br />Chair Ballard called the meeting to order at 7:01 pm and welcomed Art Menius. <br /> <br />ITEM #2: CHANGES OR ADDITIONS TO AGENDA: Staff asked to add two informational items: <br />the old County Poor House Cemetery and Historic Preservation Month. <br /> <br />ITEM #3: APPROVAL OF MINUTES (January): Ireland moved to accept the minutes corrected as <br />noted; seconded by Ballard; motion passed. <br /> <br />ITEM #4: ITEMS FOR DECISION: None <br /> <br />ITEM #5: DISCUSSION ITEMS <br /> <br />a. Proposed project to move Governor Burke’s grave from its original site on Gov. Burke <br />Road to the Old Town Cemetery (Attachment 2): <br />Staff presented a PowerPoint about a proposal by the Sons of the American Revolution, <br />to move Gov. Burke’s remains from his original resting place on his plantation north of <br />Hillsborough, into the Old Town Cemetery. This group has been caring for the grave since <br />the 1940s. Ireland related additional historical information about Burke. Staff referred <br />members to the biographical background info in Attachment 2, and to maps showing the <br />location of the cemetery, next to Latta’s Egg Ranch and inside a pasture reached by <br />climbing over an electric fence. Issues include the pros and cons of moving his remains <br />away from his chosen burial spot, how to provide better access, perhaps by working with <br />the farm owners. The State of NC owns the actual cemetery and is arranging a special <br />meeting with the Sons of the American Revolution, the SHPO, the State Archaeologist <br />and the Town, to be held in early May to discuss the effort. There are strict rules and laws <br />governing the moving of graves. If the goal is to create a memorial to Burke, then that <br />could be done by creating a new monument downtown somewhere. Discussion followed. <br />Members generally felt that this site is his chosen resting place, and that there may be <br />other burials around his grave. There may be reasons he was not buried in the Town <br />Cemetery. At this point, the County and the HPC have only an advisory role. <br /> <br />Staff gave an informational presentation about the cemetery associated with the old <br />County Poor House, on Elfand-Cedar Grove Rd. There are two marked graves with