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City of Paris Historic Resources Survey 2003 Phase 1 - Page 3 Task 2 - Review and Update to 2010 of the Paris Commercial Itistodc District Survey of 1985 Task 2.1 - Field Survey Plan Based upon information gathered in Task 1, a Field Survey Plan will be developed to organize an efficient process for photographing and gathering field information on resources to be surveyed. Prior to commencement of field survey work, the ARCHITEXAS team will work with local leaders to finalize the detailed boundaries of the survey project to comprehensively include important commercial resources. The survey will include adjusted boundaries to reflect the new Paris Commercial Historic District of 2003. Task 2.2 - Data Digitization and Survey Tool Development The Texas Historical Commission has already entered into an electronic database the approximately 1000 survey forms completed in 1985. The THC has indicated that it will cooperate with the PHPC and ARCHITEXAS by providing the project with this data. ARCHITEXAS will develop a data collection database to store the information provided by the THC. The database will also be utilized during the field survey to collect new survey data that can then be transferred back to the THC for immediate inclusion in their database. Task 2.3 - Field Survey and Analysis Task 2.3.1 -- Field Survey The survey team will travel each city street within the existing historic district, and to each individually listed National Register Property. Each of these previously recorded properties will be evaluated in order to update the existing survey form as needed. All properties will be digitally photographed. For newly recorded properties, each will be documented by digital photography and a Photo Index Sheet will record and cross-reference the photographs to the inventory. Detailed descriptions and an architectural analysis of the sites or properties deemed of some significance will be recorded on Electronic Texas Historic Sites Inventory Forms developed for this project. All documentation materials will meet the standards required by the Texas Historical Commission. Task 2.3.2 -- Analysis When all fieldwork and research phases are completed, the surveyed properties will be assigned a HIGH, MEDIUM or LOW significance or preservation priority rating. Previously surveyed properties will have their assigned significance rating verified. Based on their architectural integrity and historical associations, documented sites will be evaluated on the basis of the following criteria: