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Attachment 1 1 Orange County HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION Meeting Summary March 28th, 2018 Old Orange County Courthouse 106 W. King Street, Hillsborough ___________________________________________________________________________________ MEMBERS PRESENT: Todd Dickinson, Bob Ireland, Tom Loter, Art Menius, Steve Peck MEMBERS ABSENT: None STAFF PRESENT: Peter Sandbeck GUESTS: Paul Noe and Martin Yeager t ITEM #1: CALL TO ORDER Chair Dickinson called the meeting to order at 6:33 pm. He recognized our guest and prospective new member Paul Noe. Mr. Noe and members introduced themselves. Martin Yeager, UNC grad student, joined the meeting and introduced himself. ITEM #2: CHANGES OR ADDITIONS TO AGENDA: Ireland requested time to discuss his idea for creating an ongoing educational program that combined active restoration work with educational programming. ITEM #3: APPROVAL OF MINUTES for February 28, 2018 (Attachment 1): Dickinson moved to approve the minutes, seconded by Menius; motion approved. ITEM #4: ITEMS FOR DECISION: None ITEM #5: DISCUSSION ITEMS a. Completion of Outside Agency Grant Applications: Members discussed the final scoring for the applications from the Historic Hillsborough Commission (Burwell School), and from the Historical Foundation of Hillsborough and Orange County (Orange County Museum). Discussion followed. W hy do these two important history institutions have to go through all these hoops each year when they could be included as a line item in the county budget. This just creates an annual unpredictability for their budgets and planning. There continue to be issues with the quality, accuracy and usefulness of the submittals. Staff will compile the final results and submit on March 29th. Staff will include the comments with our scoring sheets. b. Archaeological discoveries on the Dickson House property: Staff provided a PowerPoint presentation showing several interesting wood artifacts now exposed on the east bank of Still House Creek, between the Dickson House and the Post Office. These might relate to the 18th and 19th century distilling operations that took place on that lot. These are old oak, and extend for at about 60 feet along that east bank. A free black named Africa Parker operated the distilling operation there. These appear to be on Post Office property, so there may be a federal involvement. Staff will share photos with UNC Archaeologist Steve Davis or with John Mintz, the State Archaeologist to get their reactions and recommendations as to how to protect these and learn more about them.