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ITEM #5: DISCUSSION ITEMS: None <br />ITEM #6: UPDATES AND INFORMATION ITEMS <br />a. Survey Project status: <br />Staff provided a brief overview of the current status. Our consultants, Jennifer Martin and <br />Cynthia de Miranda have toured Cheeks and Chapel Hill townships with staff, viewing all <br />properties identified in the 1993 survey and during the 2006 update, and noted any new <br />properties worthy of documentation, especially mid - century modernist and African <br />American resources. They plan to complete the field work for the project by August. Staff <br />has been asked to present a program about the project for the Upper Eno Heritage <br />Group's monthly meeting in Efland on May 11. <br />b. Update on County Preservation Projects and Initiatives: <br />A brief update was presented by staff about current county preservation projects and <br />issues. A new home is needed for some doors salvaged from the 1954 Courthouse back <br />in 2007, when it was renovated as part of the new Justice Facility addition. The building <br />was designed by Durham architect Archie Davis, who also did a number of schools for the <br />county. The current plan is to take approx. 20 doors to the Reuse Warehouse in Durham <br />so that they can be repurposed. Work is underway on the renovation of the historic Cedar <br />Grove School, built in 1950 -56, for new use as a community center for the northern half of <br />the county. This long low Modernist building was also designed by Davis. This will include <br />a history exhibit focused on the story of the African American farm community that worked <br />for over 15 years to convince the County to build the only rural consolidated school for <br />African Americans. Work continues on the County's joint effort to reconstruct (for second <br />time) the former replica of the Occaneechi Village that was built in River Park around <br />2000. This is located between the farmer's market and the Eno. There are plans afoot for <br />the Vernacular Architecture Forum to take a tour of Hillsborough during their national <br />convention in 2016, to be held in Durham. <br />c. CLG Trainina Workshoo in Wake Forest: <br />Staff stressed the importance of having at least one or two members attend this <br />workshop, in order to meet the training requirements for our CLG status. This is the <br />closed, most convenient one available. Golan and Ireland volunteered to attend. Staff <br />thanked them and offered to coordinate registration for them. <br />ITEM #7: STAFF PRESENTATION: <br />a. Orange County Historic Resources PowerPoint: <br />The Chair asked that this be postponed until our next meeting in consideration of the late <br />hour. <br />ITEM #8: ADJOURNMENT: Golan moved to adjourn, seconded by White. Meeting adjourned at <br />9:08 pm <br />Meeting summary by Peter Sandbeck, DEAPR staff <br />2 <br />