Item 1 - Boards and Commissions – Annual Work Plans-Reports

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15 Describe this commission's activities /accomplishments in carrying out BOCC goal(s) /priorities, if applicable. Goal Two: Promote an interactive and transparent system of governance that reflects community values. Priority 7: Improve intra -and intergovernmental coordination, cooperation and collaboration. (a) Work with Town of Hillsborouqh on: Joint land use planning approaches, policies/ ordinances, and annexation, and Economic Development Districts. The HPC is currently partnering with the Town of Hillsborough's Historic District Commission on a joint project to publish a book documenting the historic resources of the Town and County. The HPC and the Town worked together to establish a joint review process for projects affecting cultural resources (2014). The HPC is also proposing a process to allow for the future designation of historic landmarks located in the Town's ETJ. All of these initiatives speak to Priority 7. Goal Three: Implement planning and economic development policies which create a balanced, dynamic local economy, and which promote diversity, sustainable growth and enhanced revenue while embracing community values. • Three of the HPC's major activities (Local Historic Landmark Program, inventory and mapping of historic resources, and historic preservation education /public programs) help to ensure that historic preservation continues to be an integral part of the planning process to promote sustainable growth while respecting community values and the treatment of historic resources. Goal Five: Create, preserve, and protect a natural environment that includes clean water, clean air, wildlife, important natural lands and sustainable energy for present and future generations. Priority 15: Complete stewardship and management plans for Lands Legacy. The HPC has been actively involved in the stabilization and ongoing preservation work for the historic buildings at the County's future park sites, with a special focus on Blackwood Farm Park. Members have offered suggestions on potential new uses for buildings that outlived their original purpose. The HPC is using the collective expertise of its members and staff to advise in the repair and use of these important farm structures and other County -owned historic buildings. If your commission played the role of an Element Lead Advisory Board involved in the 2030 Comprehensive Plan preparation process, please indicate your activities/ accomplishments as they may relate to the Comprehensive Plan's goals or objectives. (The Element Lead Advisory Boards include: Planning Board, EDC, OUTBoard, Commission for the Environment, Historic Preservation Commission. Agriculture Preservation Board, Affordable Housing Board, Recreation and Parks Advisory Council) • The HPC provided extensive input into DEAPR staff's development of the Natural and Cultural System Element of the Comprehensive Plan— specifically the chapter on Cultural and Historic Resources. The HPC frames its annual work plan around efforts to implement the objectives outlined in the Cultural and Historic Resources Chapter. Obiective CRA: Provide for the systematic identification of historic buildings, objects, districts, sites, structures and archaeological sites. Update and improve these inventories at regular intervals. • Completed a project to update the old 1992 -93 county -wide historic resources inventory by obtaining federal grants through the State Historic Preservation Office in 2014 and