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Page 3 of 3 <br /> 03 <br /> AGENDA ITEM # 7 : INFORMATIONAL ITEMS : <br /> a . Local Project Updates : Rigsbee ' s Rock House , Cedar Grove Post Office Update <br /> Moon updated the HPC on the status of Rigsbee ' s Rock house . ERCD staff has made <br /> initial contacts with Archives & History (the State Historic Preservation Office) and NCDOT staff to <br /> determine the most effective way to proceed . <br /> Moon reported speaking to Renee Gledhill-Earley , who is in charged of the Section 106 process <br /> with Archives & History . Section 106 refers to the federal requirement to review state and federal <br /> projects that may impact National Register sites . The Cedar Grove Post office fits into that category and <br /> post office projects have to go through them. Ms . Gledhill-Earley provided staff with a contact person for <br /> post office projects and made initial contact . She said their office will keep an eye out for any proposals <br /> for the Cedar Grove community , and keep us informed . <br /> Moon also reported that staff had sent a letter to the owners of the Smith-Cole House on Smith <br /> Level Road in Chapel Hill Township . Staff has been in contact with the Town of Carrboro regarding <br /> strategies to preserve this important house . Carrboro has agreed to amend their Land Use Ordinance to <br /> provide for the designation of individual local landmarks if the owners are interested in participating . <br /> Should the property be designated as a local landmark the owners would be eligible for the 50 % property <br /> tax deferral . Currently the Town ' s program is for districts only and this will be a first for individual <br /> landmark designation . <br /> Connor invited everyone to a walls down the trading path by the mill , mill pond , and ford over the <br /> Eno at Faucette Mill to view the mill and boat house , on Sunday at 2 : 00 p . m. <br /> Anderson reported speaking to David Southern a local historian who has been involved with the <br /> Trading Path research for years . He has an independent view of the location of the path and has put in <br /> years of research on roads . He thinks that is the Coach Road instead of the Trading Path . We may have <br /> to reconsider our research on that road . Golan added that he had read some of Maude Faucette ' s journal <br /> and that she talked about the Lebanon Road being know as the Stage Coach Road . <br /> b . Preservation News January/February 2001 <br /> c. The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough News Letter <br /> AGENDA ITEM #8 : ADJOURNMENT <br /> Meeting at approximately 9 : 00 p . m. <br /> Draft 12/13/00 HPC Minutes Last updated 02/20/01 Page 3 of 3 <br />