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<br />and continuing public participation is
<br />essential to the broad acceptance of
<br />Preservation planning decisions.
<br />Preservation planning can occur at
<br />severed levels or scales: in a projecl
<br />area; in a community; in a State as a
<br />whole: or in the scattered or contiguous
<br />landholdings of 4 Federal agency.
<br />Depending on the scale, the planning
<br />process will involve different segments
<br />of the public and professional
<br />communities and the resulting plans will
<br />vary in detail. For example, a State
<br />preservation plan will likely have more
<br />general recommendations than a plan
<br />for a project area or a community. The
<br />planning process described in these
<br />Standards is flexible enough to be used
<br />at all levels while providing a common
<br />structure which promotes coordination
<br />and minimizes duplication of effort. The
<br />Guidelines for Preservation Planning
<br />contain additional information about
<br />how to integrate various levels of
<br />planning.
<br />Standard 1. Preservation Planning
<br />Establishes lKstoric Contexts
<br />Decisions about the identification,
<br />evaluation, registration and treatment of
<br />historic properties are most reliably
<br />made when the relationship of
<br />individual properties to other similar
<br />properties is understood information
<br />about historic properties representing
<br />aspects of history, architecture,
<br />archeology, engineering and culture
<br />must be collected and organized to
<br />define these relationships. This
<br />organizational framework is called s
<br />"historic context." The historic context
<br />organizes information based on a
<br />cultural theme and.its geographical and
<br />chronological limits. Contexts describe
<br />the significant broad patterns of
<br />development in an area that may be,
<br />represented by historic properties. The
<br />development of historic contexts is the
<br />foundation for decisions about
<br />identification, evaluation, registration
<br />and treatment of historic properties.
<br />Standard IL Preservation Planning Uses
<br />Historic Contexts To Develop Goals and
<br />Priorities for the Identification,
<br />Evaluation, Registration and Treatment
<br />of Historic Properties
<br />A series of preservation goals is
<br />systematically developed for each
<br />historic context to ensure that the range
<br />of properties representing the important
<br />aspects of each historic context is
<br />identified, evaluated and treated. Then
<br />priorities are set for all goals identified
<br />for each historic context. The goals with
<br />assigned priorities established for each
<br />historic context are integrated to
<br />produce a comprehensive and consistent
<br />set of goals and priorities for all historic
<br />contexts in the geographical area of a
<br />planning elfin I.
<br />The goals for ouch historic context
<br />may change as new information
<br />becomes availuble.'Phe overall set of
<br />goals and priorities are then altered in
<br />response to the changes in the goals and
<br />priorities for the individual historic
<br />contexts.
<br />Activities undertaken to meet the
<br />goals must be designed to deliver a
<br />usable product within a reasonable
<br />period of time. The scope of the activity
<br />must be defined so the work can be
<br />completed with available budgeted
<br />program resources.
<br />Standard flL The Results of
<br />Preservation Planning Are Made
<br />Available for Integration Into Broader
<br />Planning Processes
<br />Preservation of historic properties is
<br />one element of larger planning
<br />processes. Planning results, including
<br />goals and priorities, informatiou about
<br />historic properties, and any planning
<br />documents, must be transmitted in a
<br />usable form to those responsible for
<br />other planning activities. Federally
<br />mandated historic preservation planning
<br />is most successfully integrated into
<br />project mamagemenl planning at an
<br />early stage- Elsewhere, this integration
<br />is achieved by making the results of
<br />Preservation planning available to other
<br />governmental planning bodies and to
<br />private interests whose activities affect
<br />historic properties.
<br />Secretary of the Interior's Guidelines for
<br />Preservation Planning
<br />Introduction
<br />These Guidelines link the Standards
<br />for Preservation Planning with more
<br />specific guidance and technical
<br />information. They describe one
<br />approach to meeting the Standards for
<br />Preservation Planning. Agencies,
<br />organizations or individuals proposing
<br />to approach planning differently may
<br />wish to review their approaches with
<br />the National Park Service.
<br />The Guidelines are organized as
<br />follows:
<br />Managing the Planning Process
<br />Developing Fristoric Contexts
<br />Developing Goals for a Historic Context
<br />Integrating Individual Historic Contexts—
<br />Creating the preservation Plan
<br />Coordinating with Management Frameworks
<br />Recommended Sources of Technical
<br />Information
<br />Managing the Planning Process
<br />The preservation planning process
<br />must include an explicit approach to
<br />implementation, a provision for review
<br />and revision of all elements, turd it
<br />mechanism for resolving conflicts within
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<br />the overall set of preservation goals and
<br />between this set of goals and other land
<br />use planning goals. It is recommended
<br />that the process and its products be
<br />described in public documents.
<br />Implementing the Process
<br />The planning process is a continuous
<br />cycle. To establish and maintain such a
<br />process, however, the process must be
<br />divided into manageable segments that
<br />can be performed within a defined
<br />period, such as a fiscal year or budget
<br />cycle. One means of achieving this is to
<br />define a period of time during which all
<br />the preliminary steps in the planning
<br />process will he completed. These
<br />preliminary steps would include setting
<br />a schedule for subsequent activities.
<br />Review and Revision
<br />Planning is a dynamic process. It Is -
<br />expected that the content of the historic
<br />contexts described in Standard I and the
<br />goals and priorities described in
<br />Standard 11 will be altered based on
<br />new information obtained as planning
<br />proceeds. The incorporation of this
<br />informs lion is essential to improve the
<br />content of the plan and to keep it up -to-
<br />date turd useful. New information must
<br />be reviewed regularly and
<br />systematically, and the plan revised
<br />accordingly.
<br />Public Purticipotion
<br />The success of the preservation
<br />planning pmcess depends on how well it
<br />solicits and integrates the views of
<br />various groups. The planning process is
<br />directed first toward resolving conflicts
<br />in goals for historic preservation, and
<br />second toward resolving conflicts
<br />between historic preservation goals and
<br />other land -use planning goals. Public
<br />participation is inlergral to this
<br />approach and imludes at least the
<br />following actions:
<br />1. Involving historians, architectural
<br />historians, archeologists, historical
<br />architects, folklorists and persons from
<br />related disciph,o- to define, review and
<br />revise the hisluric contexts, goals and
<br />priorities;
<br />2. Involving w- nested individuals,
<br />organizations and communities in the
<br />planning area in identifying the kinds of
<br />historic proper,,. that may exist and
<br />suiu ble prote( measures;
<br />3. Involving pi. �spective users of the
<br />preservation pl , in defining issues,
<br />goals and priori:,. s;
<br />4. Providing r, r coordination with
<br />other planning ,'.torts at local, state,
<br />regional and mi:,,nal levels, art
<br />appropriate; and
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