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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 4, 2004 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. rJ' - m <br />SUBJECT: Options for the Laws House (Little River Regional Park and Natural Area) <br />DEPARTMENT: Environment and Resource <br />Conservation, Recreation and <br />Parks <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1) Location Map and Exterior Photos <br />2) Staff Memo (3/22/04) <br />3) Stabilization Analysis Chart <br />4) Letter from Restoration Contractor <br />5) HPC Memo (4/2/04) <br />6) Staff Meeting Summary (3/22/04) <br />7) Example -Preserving Building Shell in <br />Park Setting <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Dave Stancil, 245-2590 <br />Lori Taft, 245-2660 <br />Tina Moon, 245-2583 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider options far the disposition of the Laws House, an existing turn of the <br />century dwelling located at the Little River Regional Park and Natural Area, <br />BACKGROUND: On March 18, the Board approved the funding plan for Little River Park capital <br />facility improvements, Included within that item was a notation regarding one unresolved <br />question regarding the park -the disposition of the Laws House, located at the entrance to the <br />park, <br />Over the last few months, as the opening date for the new Little River Park and Natural Area <br />approaches, Orange and Durham County staffs have been exploring the issue of what to do <br />with the Laws House. Currently in a state of disrepair, the house is located near the park <br />entrance and will be visible to visitors entering and leaving the property (Attachment 1). Faced <br />with a limited time frame to make the entranceway attractive in time for the park opening (fall <br />2004), Orange and Durham staffs have evaluated a range of seven options for the house: <br />1) Demolish house <br />2) Deconstruct house <br />3) Move house off site <br />4) Relocate house on site <br />5) Stabilize house <br />6) Renovate for reuse <br />7) Renovate exterior shell, only <br />(A detailed analysis of the different options is included as Attachment 2.) <br />