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5 1 Compliance score (prior grantees only) — 10% 2 7. Funding decisions were made at the September 2023 OCAC meeting. For the GAP 3 program, the board prioritized high scoring program requests, programs hiring 4 multicultural artists, and schools. For APG, the board approved funding applicants with 5 scores above 60 at their full request amount. 6 8. All applicants were notified of the panel's decisions. All declined GAP applicants received 7 panel feedback; and approved GAP and APG applicants could receive feedback upon 8 request. 9 10 Katie Murray, Arts Commission Director, reviewed the background information for the item 11 and introduced grant recipients. Following recognition, a picture was taken of the Board and grant 12 recipients. 13 14 Commissioner Richards arrived at 7:23 pm. 15 16 5. Public Hearings 17 a. Joint Public Hearing with the Historic Preservation Commission Regarding the 18 Proposed Designation of the Davis Cotton Gin and Press as an Orange County Historic 19 Landmark 20 21 BACKGROUND: In 1991, the BOCC adopted the "Ordinance Creating the Historic Preservation 22 Commission (HPC) of Orange County," also referred to as the "Historic Preservation Ordinance." 23 In 1997, the BOCC adopted the Historic Landmark Program, a voluntary program allowing the 24 HPC to designate properties of local historic and/or architectural significance, as authorized by 25 NC General Statute 160D-9-40- 160D-9-51. One of the HPC's duties is to recommend properties 26 to the BOCC for historic landmark designation. Properties must meet a high standard of historic 27 and/or architectural significance to be designated as a landmark. The higher standard is 28 appropriate since landmark property owners are eligible for a fifty (50) percent property tax 29 deferral as provided by State law, as long as the property retains its historic character. The intent 30 of this tax treatment is to provide a modest benefit for owners who face high costs to maintain, 31 paint and repair historic buildings, usually by employing local tradespeople. 32 33 The historic landmark designation process involves several steps culminating with the adoption 34 of an ordinance by the BOCC for each individual landmark. The HPC adopted a motion at its 35 November 2, 2022 meeting stating that the Davis Cotton Gin and Press possesses special 36 historical and/or architectural significance and is worthy of landmark designation. The November 37 2, 2022 meeting minutes are provided as Attachment 2. (This is the fourth of the four landmark 38 applications approved by the HPC on November 2, 2022. The other three properties were 39 approved by the BOCC in June 2023.) 40 41 The application material for this property (Attachment 1) was then submitted to the State Historic 42 Preservation Office (SHPO) for review and comment as required by State law. The SHPO 43 provided a positive review (Attachment 3). The next step is for the HPC and BOCC to hold a joint 44 public hearing as required by the County's Historic Preservation Ordinance. 45 46 Following this joint public hearing, the BOCC and the HPC will take into consideration public 47 comments, if any. It is projected that the HPC will then present a final draft landmark ordinance 48 to the Board of Commissioners for consideration and adoption, likely at a November 2023 49 Business meeting. 50