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r ~'I~ <br />" ~~' ORANGE COUNTY RECREATION & PARKS <br />',' P,a Box alal <br />.300 West Tryon Street <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />OrangeCounry Phone:919-245-2660 Fax 919-G44-.3042 <br />Recreation & Parks <br />M~'MO~'tI ND CTM <br />To: .lolm Link <br />From: Lori Taft <br />Re: Laws House Disposition <br />Date: March 22, 2004 <br /><~~5 <br />A meeting was held last week, for the purpose of discussing the options for the fate of the Laws <br />House at Little River Park. Present at this meeting were Dave Stancil, Rich Shaw, Tina Moon, <br />David Cannell, Paul Laughton, Ryan Elting, and myself, as well as Jane Korest and Mike Giles <br />from Durham County. <br />Staff was able narrow the choices available to us for this project because of the timing of <br />alternative courses of action relative to the proposed park opening during the summer of 2004. <br />From the original seven choices identified by Tina Moon, staff agreed that there are six basic <br />alternatives remaining for the Laws House: <br />1) Demolish the house; <br />2) Deconstruct the house; <br />3) Move the house off the site; <br />4) v „r,....~ ~r.o i .............. ..~wo. ,.~. <br />5) Stabilize the house and consider future use(s) and renovation plans; <br />6) Renovate the house for immediate re-use; or' <br />7) Renovate the exterior of the house as an attractive shell for atmosphere, <br />use the interior for storage, <br />Tina Moon prepared a report that describes each of the solutions noted above, The option which <br />has been eliminated, was determined to be an unreasonable choice by staff due to the fact that <br />both Boards of Commissioners have approved the site plan, and staff can make no strong <br />argument for using the building even at this location, let alone elsewhere in the park. <br />Staff expressed differing opinions, points of view and "positions" at the meeting, but all agreed <br />on certain points: <br />• The Little River Park Advisory Committee took no position with regard to the Laws <br />House.. <br />• Tina Moon, Orange County's Preservation Planner, as well as Todd Dickinson, a well <br />respected, local Restoration Contractor recommend option #5 -Stabilization for future <br />