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resources that clearly fill in some of the gaps in our program? Discussion followed. The "environmental significance" category seems to be more broadly applicable because it incorporates useful explanations from the National Park Service. Integrity has been an ongoing issue in past evaluations. Another idea is to shift age down to a "mitigating circumstances" category. All agreed it will be challenging to recalibrate the age criteria to make it fair. Staff explained a parallel process that the SHPO and National Register programs had to undertake to rethink their old criteria in order to allow deteriorated or altered Rosenwald Schools to become eligible—that process took a few years. Risk/endangered status is also a challenge. Staff showed photos and discussed past candidates that the HPC has evaluated. More discussion followed. There was consensus that staff should proceed to take this input and develop a revised evaluation form that incorporates this discussion, to present back to the HPC at a future meeting. c. Scheduling for holding Davis Cotton Gin landmark joint public hearing with BOCC: It's time to hold the required joint public hearing for this landmark application. Staff will coordinate with the BOCC meeting schedulers to determine a date, perhaps in October or November. Also we will be presenting the Ridge Road School National Register nomination to the BOCC on Oct. 3; we need to have some members present for that. d. Training opportunities for members to allow HPC to comply with state requirements to maintain Certified Local Government status: The SHPO requires the HPC to demonstrate that at least two members have attended/taken approved training programs or courses each Federal fiscal year. We are nearing the end of the window for training this year. One way to accomplish this is for two members to volunteer to view three of the SHPO's approved videos and fill out a simple form for each one. Staff will email the link to the SHPO's YouTube channel. Noe, Moore and Whisnant volunteered. Preservation NC is holding its annual meeting in Durham this year, from Oct. 4-6. The HPC budget can pay for the registration for a member to attend. Please let staff know if you're interested. e. Proposed field trip to tour Old Orange County Courthouse including clock tower: Staff suggested this might be a worthy tour candidate given the fact that there is funding for a future major preservation project now in the county budget; unfortunately this funding was shifted back to around 2027 or later due to budget constraints during Covid. Staff will consult with court staff to determine some dates. ITEM #6: UPDATES AND INFORMATION ITEMS a. Moorefields public archaeology day: Noe reported that this has now been scheduled for Sept. 23, from 10-2. They will have board members and the archaeology consultants handle the tours outdoors and share the information. He will let us know if there are any particular events happening at specific times that we need to be aware of. b. Oaks community rural National Register historic district: The community group is dealing with several different issues right now, primarily the matter of preserving a key farm from development. They may come to us later to apply for a CLG grant for this. c. Troy and Roberta Andrews House National Register Nomination Project: The family is still considering options: to nominate the house only, or the entire farmstead with the early 191" century log house and the late 19t" century farmhouse and related outbuildings. d. Book Project: We've been able to fund a new contract with the book design firm to start the editing process. This has helped defray the printing cost so we are gaining on the funding goal. They had to review the word count which was 50% too high, so staff has had to do serious editing and is now reviewing these adjustments with our author. Staff will share the historical and architectural essay texts with the book committee and HPC. e. Open airtime: None. ITEM #7: ADJOURNMENT: Meeting adjourned at 8:10 pm. 2