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Attachment 1 1 Orange County HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION Approved Meeting Summary May 25th, 2016 Old Orange County Courthouse 106 East King Street, Hillsborough ___________________________________________________________________________________ MEMBERS PRESENT: Bob Ireland (Vice-Chair), Jaime Grant, Allie Mead, Art Menius, Tom Loter and Grace White MEMBERS ABSENT: Susan Ballard (excused) STAFF PRESENT: Peter Sandbeck GUESTS: None ITEM #1: CALL TO ORDER Vice Chair Ireland called the meeting to order at 7:01 pm in light of the excused absence of Chair Ballard. ITEM #2: CHANGES OR ADDITIONS TO AGENDA: Staff asked to add two informational items: Bellevue Mill and Town Interpretive Signs, and postpone the topic of the Strayhorn slave cemetery interpretive sign text until a later meeting. ITEM #3: APPROVAL OF MINUTES (April 27th): Grant noted a typo on page 3; Menius moved to accept the minutes corrected as noted; seconded by Loter; motion passed. ITEM #4: ITEMS FOR DECISION: a. June 22nd meeting: need to change date or cancel meeting: Members discussed date change due to staff needing to be away that week. Menius moved to cancel June 22nd meeting, and hold our next meeting on July 27th; seconded by Grant, motion passed. ITEM #5: DISCUSSION ITEMS a. Information sharing from Chapel Hill CLG Training Workshop: Ireland asked for clarification about when a local commission is supposed to seek input from the State Historic Preservation Office when a project within a district or under their review requires some type of state or federal permit. Staff felt this was not likely to be something that our HPC was going to encounter but recommended that the SHPO and the local commission should consult together well in advance of reviewing a COA. For us, this could become an issue in the event that the Old Courthouse is designated as a landmark, which would bring the HPC into play should there be federally permitted activities in that vicinity. Other historic districts have faced issues with proposed police radio transmission projects. Discussion followed. In short, it is always useful or productive for the local HPC to reach out to initiate the discussion with the state. In many ways, the SHPO is in a better position to help buffer the issue in the event that there is a controversy that raises local political issues. Staff thanked all those who attended.