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2 <br />d. Annual Report and Work Plan for 2017: <br />Staff marked up last year’s report to provide you with a first pass at revising and <br />updating. Our past practice has been to add new accomplishments and delete the <br />oldest ones at the bottom of the list as shown on pages 1 and 2. The funding for the <br />planned courthouse preservation project is a major accomplishment. The County will <br />be seeking the best qualified architect/engineering firm we can obtain via our RFQ. <br />We may seek input from the HPC to help review the proposals. We need to add a <br />bullet point to describe our successful “Farm to Table” event at Blackwood Farm last <br />May for Preservation Month. Members discussed the rest of the report. There is <br />interest in having us reconvene the Preservation Summit that we helped sponsor in <br />2012, so may need to keep that item on the list. The BOCC expressed interest in <br />some type of local historical marker program, starting with the Efland Home. Staff <br />asked members to review the last two pages that cover the goals for 2018 and the last <br />section covering concerns/issues that we want to bring to the attention of the BOCC. <br />Our deadline is December 15th. <br /> <br />e. Membership: <br />Staff reminded members that we were now going to have two vacancies with the <br />resignations of Jaime Grant and Allie Mead. The letter recommending Mr. Stephen <br />Peck was sent up to the BOCC for appointment at their Nov. 7th meeting. Discussion <br />followed about recruitment of new members. Staff needs to work with county PR office <br />to issue a press release to solicit new members. Do we consider an ordinance tweak <br />that will allow us to specify that our membership is geographically balanced, ie, limited <br />to avoid having too many members from the urban areas? The Outboard rules allow <br />for this. Staff will follow up with the County Attorney to see what is possible. <br /> <br />ITEM #6: UPDATES AND INFORMATION ITEMS <br /> <br />a. Book update: Laura Phillips has started work on her initial review and assessment of <br />all of our existing book materials, with an expected completion date of early to mid <br />December. Staff gave her a day-long tour of the rural parts of the county last week. <br />b. Efland Home National Register Nomination/Highway Marker: This was approved <br />by the SHPO’s National Register Advisory Committee on Oct. 12 and has been sent <br />up to the National Park Service for final approval. <br />c. Cedar Grove School National Register Study List: The SHPO approved this for <br />placement on the State Study List, so it is now considered to be eligible for the <br />National Register. Staff will initiate the final phase to get this placed on the Register. <br />d. Kirkland House landmark and easement progress: Staff met with the owners and <br />Cathleen Turner from Preservation NC. The owners are very interested in landmark <br />status and will probably pursue an easement with PNC. <br />e. Open air time for other new information: Dickinson asked if members would <br />consider meeting at an earlier time, say 6 or 6:30. Discussion followed. There was a <br />general sense that 6:30 would be a good time to start. Some other boards meet at 6 or <br />6:30. We will discuss again at our December meeting. Maybe we could try this for the <br />January meeting. Staff will discuss with the county attorney to see who needs to <br />approve the time change. <br /> <br />ITEM #7: ADJOURNMENT: Menius moved to adjourn; meeting adjourned at 8:25 pm <br /> <br />Meeting summary by Peter Sandbeck, DEAPR staff