2005-136-RES PROPOSAL ARCHITEXAS FOR PHASE II OF HISTORIC RESOURCE SURVEY

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City of Paris Historic Resources Survey Update -- 2004 Phase 2 Proposal for Services Statement of Purpose: The City of Paris wishes to conduct a new phase of the citis Historic Resources Survey to expand and update information collected in the 1985 survey. Such a survey provides communities with a specific universe of historic resources and a focus for the implementation of historic preservation and other planning goals and objectives for those communities. The survey will identify those structures lost since the 1985 survey, and those that have achieved historical significance since the survey was conducted. The Paris Historic Preservation Commission (PHPC) has indicated that it wishes to divide the project into two distinct phases, the first focusing on commercial properties, and the second on residential properties. The overall goal of the survey is to inventory historic properties in or near the 3 existing National Register Districts: Paris Commercial Historic District, Pine Bluff-Fitzhugh Historic District, and Church Street Historic District. Existing records describing those districts are to be updated. In addition, the survey is to identify properties that have achieved historic status since the 1985 survey was completed, including those properties, or groups of properties, outside the districts. The ARCHITEXAS team will undertake the 2003 City of Paris Historic Resource Survey following guidelines established by the Secretary of the Interior, U.S. Department of the Interior and the Texas Historical Commission for preservation planning and survey. An inventory of previously surveyed areas will be conducted in order to document changes to the historical structure of those areas. Additional survey work will be conducted to identify historic properties not previously cataloged or designated as worthy of historical designation. Recommendations for possible new historic districts, additions to existing districts (boundary reconfiguration), or individual landmark designations will be made based upon the findings ofthe inventory portion of the project. The project will also record newly identified properties photographically as well as verbally, place the resources in context with the history and development of Paris, rate the relative significance of the resources by preservation priority, and collect and collate the data in a final report. Proposed Scope of Services The proposed scope of services covers the work necessary to complete the second phase of work, one focused on residential properties. The services are designed to evaluate previously surveyed areas/historic districts to document changes to historic fabric since 1985. Areas not included in previous surveys or documented as part of existing historic districts will be identified. This proposal assumes that ARCHITEXAS will perform all of the work outlined. Opportunities for community input and participation will be explored and outlined at the PHPC's request. For example, local volunteers and student groups might be utilized for basic field survey work in order EXHIBIT A