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4 Anderson asked if the public had been invited to submit old photographs for possible use in the manuscript publication to give character to the book. Stancil asked the HPC if the photos should be of rural parts of the County . The group agreed and Allison suggested photos of areas discussed in the book and archival type photos . Stancil suggested a press release . Anderson suggested sending along a documentary photo to get people interested . Allison suggested using the Arch Jordan House file photo . Rich suggested the News of Orange County as a source . Allison added the Chapel Hill section of The Herald might be included as people who had moved into town from rural parts of the County that might have old photographs . AGENDA ITEM #6 : CRITERIA THOUGHTS FOR LANDS LEGACY PROGRAM Stancil explained the Lands Legacy program as development of a program of evaluation, land management structure and options for the BOCC to consider for acquisition of some of the critical resource lands in Orange County . The program is scheduled to go to the BOCC on September 21 " as a report. After initial BOCC feedback the report will come back to HPC in October for formal review. We are now evaluating all the known inventories in the County of natural areas and wildlife habitat, historic preservation purposes , water resources , parks and farmlands and, trying to coordinate all those different functions. As a part of doing this we strive to not only evaluate what data resources we have , but also what we will need . The end result would be the capacity to produce GIS mapping that would give us the ability to overlay every different component to see where overlaps exist and prioritize our activities . We are coordinating our work with existing land trusts and other organizations that are involved in land acquisition. The remainder of the report will suggest the type of criteria to evaluate sites . There might be times when we have the opportunity for acquiring and easement or purchase of a site that has cultural significance to Orange County . Stancil added that we are also exploring different types of management structure such as whether the county will form a land trust as a lot of counties across the nation have done, or whether we will develop an open space authority if we get the approval from the General Assembly or, whether we will have an internal county program under the statutory authority that already exists . Process and management structure are issues the BOCC will be dealing with. Finally, ill access be dealt with, what sort of uses, and stewardship of once lands are purchased, how w those properties would follow. Funding of $ 1 . 85 million dollars in the Capital Improvements Project is allocated for acquisitions . The plan is to use that as matching funds for grants to the Clean Water Management Trust Fund or Parks and Recreation Trust Fund, Farmland Trust Fund and other Federal and State agencies . We also have three million dollars in park bond acquisitions . There may be occasion for purchase of a park that includes a cultural site allowing preservation of two goals at once . We are looking closely at ways of meeting multiple objectives . Another funding possibility is through the School Park Reserve fund . The Land Resource Manager position is planned to be filled in the next couple weeks . This person will have a scientific and acquisition background to evaluate sites, understands acquisitions and the ability to negotiate with property owners . Last updated 09/03/99