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f. Field trip scheduling: Staff revisited the earlier plan to conduct a field trip of the early <br /> 19t" century structure and associated early industrial site located at 752 Rex Drive, just <br /> west of Hillsborough, along with the two historic railroad bridge sites dating back to the <br /> 1850s construction of the NC Railroad. This was postponed due to the excessive heat in <br /> July. Members are in favor of rescheduling this for slightly cooler weather, with a <br /> preference for October. Staff will work with the property owner to get some dates and will <br /> share back. <br /> g. Membership: Members discussed the current batch of applications, as updated by the <br /> county clerk's office. After discussion, there was agreement to recommend Eric Deetz to <br /> the BOCC for appointment in September. Mr. Deetz has an impressive professional <br /> background in historic archaeology and cultural resource management work. He will be <br /> able to fulfill the HPC's obligation to include an archaeologist, to allow us to continue to <br /> comply with the state's membership requirement for the HPC's status as a Certified Local <br /> Government (CLG) and thus eligible to apply for special federal grant funds. Staff will <br /> follow up with a letter. <br /> ITEM #6: UPDATES AND INFORMATION ITEMS <br /> a. Log restoration project progress: we continue to face challenges in sourcing <br /> appropriate historic/salvaged or new white oak logs to use for needed restoration of <br /> several important historic log structures, including the barn that houses the David Cotton <br /> Gin. Staff has identified a possible source of logs at a log house in the southwestern part <br /> of the county that's slated for demolition. Staff will arrange to have Dickinson and <br /> carpenter Jeff Bergman visit the site near White Cross to assess these logs. <br /> b. America 250 NC: No new updates to share at this time. Staff will loop back with the <br /> Alliance staff to see what is happening on this effort. <br /> c. Landmark candidates: this item was postponed in the interest of time. <br /> d. Strayhorn House National Register Project: The new consultant, Hanbury Preservation <br /> Consulting, is now under contract and has been at work on the draft nomination. Initial <br /> work has included oral history interviews and historical research. <br /> e. Book Project update: As directed in June, our has done some heavy editing and <br /> successfully reduced the word count of the essay portion of our book by over 50 percent <br /> to bring the length back in line with the initial projections. Our book production consultant, <br /> Dan Pezzoni, is now hard at work reviewing all aspects of the manuscript and photos to <br /> prepare all materials for the upcoming design phase. Pezzoni has accomplished a <br /> tremendous amount of work in a short period of time and is clearly going to help us bring <br /> the project to a successful conclusion. Staff will provide a more detailed update later. <br /> f. Open air time: No topics were presented. <br /> ITEM #7: ADJOURNMENT: The meeting ended at 8:18 pm. <br /> Meeting summary by Peter Sandbeck, DEAPR staff <br /> 3 <br />