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00 AGENDA ITEM #5 : ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION a. Significance : Criteria for Local Landmark Consideration Moon reported receiving inquiries from several people who asked what the county could do to help them preserve their old houses—houses that would probably not qualify for the National Register of Historic Places . Moon said that while the county should promote the Local Landmark Program and encourage property owners to participate, she did not want provide false hopes for the owners with buildings that would clearly not be eligible . Allison suggested offering these folks a local archive- - ensuring property owners that their building is part of the county ' s inventory of historic sites and trying to collect additional information regarding family history and photographs for the file . Currently, the only financial benefit to historic property owners is the tax deferral associated with the Local Landmark Program . Allison reminded the HPC of their rating system, a form developed by the HPC to rank groups of historic properties . Allison explained that the county considered the ' financial impact of allowing the tax deferral when it adopted the program . At that time , it was assumed that only those properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places or the NR Study List would be strong candidates for local landmark status . After much discussion, the HPC agreed that the Local Landmark Program was intended for sites with considerable historic or architectural value, and that the existing county procedure to require a substantial report (of National Register Nomination quality) is appropriate . Aldridge said that the HPC may wish to clarify the process for local landmark designation at some point. The commission may wish to review the process while it works on the design guidelines . AGENDA ITEM #6 : ITEMS FOR DESCISION a. Endorsement of Historic District Sign for Cedar Grove Moon reported that she had received a letter from residents in the Cedar Grove Rural Crossroads National Register Historic District requesting two identification signs . Anderson recalled previous discussions regarding signage for the district during the designation process . The HPC agreed to endorse the request. MOTION : Anderson made motion to ask the county to provide signs for historic districts . Seconded by Allison VOTE : Unanimous . Moon to prepare a memo to David Stancil the Environment and Resource Conservation Department Director regarding the request and the procedure to ask the county to provide such . b . Orange County Historical Architecture Manuscript Inventory Selection — Part III : Bingham Township The HPC reviewed the survey files for Bingham Township and selected sites for inclusion in the inventory portion of the publication . AGENDA ITEM #7 : INFORMATIONAL ITEMS Draft 7/26/00 HPC Minutes Page 2 of 3