Planning the future of Historic Structures use it, lose it or what

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Planning the future of Historic Structures use
it, lose it or what? APA Federal Planning
Division Workshop San Antonio, Texas Thursday,
April 20, 2006, 315-4pm
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Presenters Erin Flanagan, Community Planner,
National Park Service Carla McConnell, Project
Manager, National Park Service Kathleen Brooker,
President, Historic Denver
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Presentation Outline

• AGENDA
• Overview of historic structures in the NP system
• Scope of the management challenges
• Constraints for management actions in parks
• 4 Case Studies from the National Park Service
• 2 Case Studies from Air Force and Municipal
  aviation facilities.

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Historic Structures in the NPS

• All historic areas in the National Park System
• Over 2,300 National Historic Landmarks
• The NPS has more historic structures than any
  other agency.

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Management Challenges

• Policy/statutory
• National Historic Preservation Act of 1966
• E.O. Preserve America (2003)
• Fiscal and resource constraints
• Maintenance backlog
• Stakeholder Involvement
• A key component of the decision making process

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Policy/ Statutory Requirements

• National Historic Preservation Act of 1966
• All federal agencies must
• Assume responsibility for the preservation of
  cultural resources owned or controlled by the
  agency
• Identify, evaluate, and nominate cultural
  resources to the National Register of Historic
  Places
• Adaptively reuse the available cultural resources
  to the maximum extent feasible
• Minimize the harm any Federal action may have on
  National Historic Landmarks

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National Historic Preservation Act

• Section 110
• Provides guidance for the evaluation of and
  determination of eligibility for listing on the
  National Register of Historic Places
• Section106
• Provides guidance for the analysis of effects and
  treatment of resources that are eligible to be
  listed or are listed on the National Register

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Fiscal and Resource Constraints

• NPS budget not getting any bigger
• Responsible for a growing number of resources.
• Have developed a priority setting tool to help
  manage the maintenance backlog.
• How do historic structures fit into this picture?

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Asset Management
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Stakeholder Involvement

• Stakeholders residents, visitors, gateway
  communities, not-for-profits etc.
• Management actions in parks are of interest to
  the public

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Where do we go from here?

• Ignoring the issues is not an option they only
  get more expensive and they do not go away
• 4 Case Studies -- National Park Service
• A tale of three hangers Denver