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Page 2 of 3 interest . Ms . Chapman indicated that some community consensus had been lost since tthey became aware of the fact that the State declined the property for National Register Nomination. They have their by- laws written and are prepared to send the application to be a 501 (c)3 non profit. They want to take advantage of that while the current State grant cycle concludes October 21 st . They are still interested in doing the renovations needed to restore the building and doing a program to get the school back to its former status . The HPC thought the previous indications of the White Oak Grove School group were that completing the non-profit organization would most likely produce local landmark district (LLD) . The community pride, historic and cultural value would be recognized by an LLD . Other tax breaks would not likely affect the property under the non-profit status . It was also noted that the changes to the interior of the school were not usually something reviewed under the LLD . A noted change was the gables , which changed the outside building appearance, which could be fixed easily. The HPC noted the next step would be for the White Oak Grove School group to request LLD from the HPC . Further UPC contact with the State at this time on reconsideration of their findings could be counter-productive . Stancil reported Lois Ann Hobbs had inquired about renovation and cleaning up the old Quaker Cemetery dating by the 1750 ' s at Mars Hill Baptist Church. They had questions about the acreage loss from five to one acres by 1985 and wanted to know if any information on this could be located to help them determine why it happened . The HPC noted concerns about that cemetery due to development in that area and noted that Tom Magnuson may have research . Stancil also reported that the Land Legacy Program is now scheduled for October 13th BOCC consideration, and that the personnel recruitment for a preservation planner has been completed with twenty- one applicants responding . Stancil noted that the position will devote half of their time to historic and agricultural preservation planning . Allison noted that in the past staff had notified the HPC of pertinent development involving historic sites included in the inventory . Stancil replied that could be done again once the new person was on board . . The UPC agreed it would be good to have this information . Stancil also noted that a press release asking for pictures for the manuscript is being drafted for publishing in the News of Orange, The Herald (Chapel Hill section) and possibly the Burlington Times . A publicity plan including how to solicit outside funding, what other sort of publicity about the manuscript could be done, and finalizing the contract for completion was discussed . The HPC agreed that staff should go forward with the press release for documentary photographs as soon as possible, and to finalize the publicity plan at the next meeting . AGENDA ITEM #7 : Joint Master Recreation and Parks Report Stancil gave an overview of the Executive Summary Report of the Joint Master Recreation and Parks Work Group and asked for HPC questions and input on what areas of potential coordination the HPC might see with the Parks Council and the Joint Land Acquisition Program . For example, this board could be involved in protection of cultural resources in conjunction with a park site . The Chatwood area might be where a park in terms of open space might be able to augment the preservation of an adjoining cultural site . Connor noted that the Chatwood area adjoins the recently County acquired Duke Forrest Land possibly an access road into it. The HPC noted the site might appeal to the criteria and is on the market. It was noted there are cultural resource ruins in the Duke Forest site such as old mill sites including Cabe ' s Mill, which is in the State Park, and an adjoining graveyard . And that how these sites give a lot of character to open space sites for hikers . The idea of parks that include preservation of old farmsteads or historic sites was discussed . It was noted that a park in Rowan County has a combination of playing Lasted updated 09/30/99 2