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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: September 7, 2005 <br />Action Agenda <br />r <br />Item No. 1' <br />SUBJECT: Endorsement for Trading Path Association National Endowment for the <br />Humanities Grant <br />DEPARTMENT: Environment and Resource PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />Conservation <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1) Draft Letter of Support <br />2) HPC Endorsement Memo <br />3) Preliminary Project Description <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Tina Moon, Preservation Planner, ext. 2583 <br />David Stancil, ERC Director, ext. 2590 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough <br />Chapel Hill <br />Durham <br />Mebane <br />732-8181 <br />968-4501 <br />688-7331 <br />336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider sending a letter of support for the Trading Path Association's grant <br />application to the National Endowment for the Humanities, and to receive the Historic <br />Preservation Commission's letter of support as well. <br />BACKGROUND: Tom Magnuson, representing the Trading Path Association (TPA), attended <br />the August 24`" meeting of the Orange County Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) to <br />share his proposal for a $15,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. (Mr. <br />Magnuson also commented on this project at the August 16 BOCC meeting). The proposal will <br />consist of two main components: 1) the creation of a three-county (Orange, Durham and <br />Person) consortium to promote heritage tourism and 2) the management of a Phase I Cultural <br />and Archaeological Survey of an area along the New Hope Creek corridor at the boarder <br />between Orange and Durham counties. The TPA believes that the site may have been <br />inhabited by two Native American villages. The TPA has selected a professional archaeological <br />firm to conduct the survey and would pay for this work from the $15,000 grant. <br />As the advisory board most closely linked to preservation efforts at the county level, Mr. <br />Magnuson asked the HPC to review his proposal and to prepare a letter of endorsement for <br />inclusion in his application packet. The HPC voted to express its support for the proposal. <br />A draft letter of support from the Board is attached. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: No fiscal impact is associated with this decision. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board consider the letter of <br />support endorsing the TPA's grant proposal and receive the HPC's letter.