Heritage Capital Projects Fund: PRESERVATION STANDARDS HCPF 15-17 Biennium Application Workshops Olympia Spokane Mount Vernon Yakima NICHOLAS VANN, AIA, NCARB State Historical Architect DEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION for the WASHINGTON STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Overview: Archaeology and Historic Preservation Historic Preservation Standards Regulatory Compliance (Governor s Executive Order 05-05) Tribal Consultation (Governor s Executive Order 05-05) Inadvertent Archaeological Discoveries
HISTORIC PRESERVATION STANDARDS
The Standards: WHO USES THEM? Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentive Program Federal Agencies Conduct & Review (i.e. Sec 106, Transportation 4F) State Historic Preservation Office Design Review Local Government HPO & Landmark Commission Review Historic District and Review Commission Guidelines
The Standards: TREATMENT APPROACHES PRESERVATION REHABILITATION RESTORATION RECONSTRUCTION WASHINGTON HALL Seattle
The Standards: PRESERVATION PRESERVATION focuses on the maintenance and repair of existing historic materials and retention of a property s form as it has evolved over time
The Standards: REHABILITATION REHABILITATION acknowledges the need to alter or add to a historic property to meet continuing or changing uses while retaining the property s historic character
The Standards: RESTORATION RESTORATION depicts a property at a particular period of time in its history, while removing evidence of other periods
The Standards: RECONSTRUCTION RECONSTRUCTION re-creates vanished or nonsurviving portions of a property for interpretive purposes
The Standards: TREATMENT APPROACHES Based on Relative importance in History Physical Condition Proposed Use Mandated Code Requirements Consider this: IDENTIFY, RETAIN & PRESERVE then PROTECT AND MAINTAIN then REPAIR then REPLACE MOORE THEATER Seattle
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR S STANDARDS 3 BASIC PRINCIPLES 1. Repair or replace in-kind 2. Retain historic character 3. Compatible, reversible interventions MOHAI Seattle LIGHTSHIP 83 Seattle
Standard: SIMILAR USE A property shall be used as it was historically or be given a new use that requires minimal change to its distinctive materials, features, spaces, and spatial relationships. CHINOOK SCHOOL GYMNASIUM Chinook
Standard: RETAIN CHARACTER The historic character of a property shall be retained and preserved. The removal of distinctive materials or alteration of features, spaces, and spatial relationships that characterize a property shall be avoided.
Standard: PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE Each property shall be recognized as a physical record of its time, place, and use. Changes that create a false sense of historical development, such as adding conjectural features or elements from other buildings, shall not be undertaken.
Standard: HISTORIC ALTERATIONS Changes to a property that have acquired historic significance in their own right shall be retained and preserved.
Standard: CRAFTSMANSHIP Distinctive materials, features, finishes, and construction techniques or examples of craftsmanship that characterize a property shall be preserved.
Standard: REPAIR OR REPLACE? Deteriorated historic features shall be repaired rather than replaced. Where the severity of deterioration requires replacement of a distinctive feature, the new feature shall match the old in design, color, texture, and, where possible, materials. Replacement of missing features shall be substantiated by documentary and physical evidence.
Standard: DO NO HARM Chemical or physical treatments, if appropriate, shall be undertaken using the gentlest means possible. Treatments that cause damage to historic materials shall not be used.
Standard: ARCHAEOLOGY Archeological resources shall be protected and preserved in place. If such resources must be disturbed, mitigation measures shall be undertaken.
Standard: NEW CONSTRUCTION New additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction shall not destroy historic materials, features, and spatial relationships that characterize the property. The new work shall be differentiated from the old and shall be compatible with the historic materials, features, size, scale and proportion, and massing to protect the integrity of the property and its environment.
Standard: REVERSIBILITY New additions and adjacent or related new construction shall be undertaken in a such a manner that, if removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of the historic property and its environment would be unimpaired.
QUESTIONS? NICHOLAS VANN, AIA, NCARB State Historical Architect (360) 586-3079 nicholas.vann@dahp.wa.gov DAHP Website: www.dahp.wa.gov
REGULATORY COMPLIANCE (GOVERNOR S EXECUTIVE ORDER 05-05)
Laws Pertaining to Cultural Resources National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 4F Transportation Act of 1966 State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) 1971 Shoreline Management Act (SMA) 1971 Growth Management Act (GMA) 1990 RCW 27.34 RCW 27.53 Archaeological Sites & Resources RCW 27.44 Indian Graves & Records (1941) Governor s Executive Order 05-05 (2005)
Laws Pertaining to Cultural Resources Federal Law Section 106 of the NHPA State Law SEPA State Policy--GEO 05-05
Environmental Reviews Tax Funded Projects or Projects on Public Land$ Section 106 GEO 05-05 SEPA
E F I N E P R O J E C T D E N T I F I C A T I O N V A L U A T I O N R E A T M E N T
Process Funnel Capitol Programs & Acquisitions $ No historic properties Exempted Not Adverse Eligible Projects Impact Treatment Plan: Avoid, minimize, mitigate
Purpose of the GEO 05-05 Lead by Example Washington is rich in Cultural Resources Preservation and protection is necessary to understand our history and prehistory The citizens of Washington want their cultural resources protected Many places have not only cultural and historical significance but have religious significance to Tribes.
Who is responsible for review? The State agency with a capital construction project or land acquisition not reviewed under Federal law. (this responsibility can be handed down to the applicant) All projects require a review if they have the potential to affect cultural resources. Both DAHP and the affected tribes must be consulted to determine effects.
Starting the Process Informal consultation: a cursory review for cultural resources including areas affected by the scope of work. Eliminate those projects that trigger a Federal review. Formal consultation: determinations of eligibility and determinations of effect. Negotiations with DAHP for appropriate mitigation strategy. Interagency agreement if necessary.
Frequently Asked Questions Your Key Success Factors: Involve DAHP and Tribes early and often. Build a good rapport Be process transparent especially when it comes to changes in the scope of work.
Do All Capital Projects Need Review? Yes. Either through formal or informal consultation Projects with ground-disturbing activities Structures over 50
What Can Be Exempted? Projects which have no ground disturbing activities Buildings less than 50 General Maintenance and repair (per PA or informal consultation) Projects reviewable through a Federal action Special exemptions prescribed and agreed upon in a Programmatic Agreement.
QUESTIONS? RUSSELL HOLTER Compliance Reviewer (360) 586-3533 russell.holter@dahp.wa.gov NICHOLAS VANN, AIA, NCARB State Historical Architect (360) 586-3079 nicholas.vann@dahp.wa.gov DAHP Website: www.dahp.wa.gov
TRIBAL CONSULTATION (GOVERNOR S EXECUTIVE ORDER 05-05)
Recommended Actions Invitations to DAHP and Tribes to participate in project planning. Letter to Tribes describing project and soliciting comment (30 days) Follow-up with email and phone call (30 days) Offering to meet in person (30 days) Agencies can assign responsibility to grantees; contact GOIA if you need further guidance on how to consult with Tribes www.goia.wa.gov
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Tips Consult as many different parties as possible. For Section 106 make the APE large and include indirect effects in the APE. Don t cut costs!!!! Consult with DAHP and Tribes as early as possible in the planning process. Is there a federal nexus? Do you need an archaeological permit? Is the area important to tribes or a community group? Do some careful shopping to acquire the services of qualified cultural resource consultants.
QUESTIONS? DR. ROB WHITLAM State Archaeologist (360) 586-3080 rob.whitlam@dahp.wa.gov STEPHENIE KRAMER Assistant State Archaeologist (360) 586-3083 stephenie.kramer@dahp.wa.gov GRETCHEN KAEHLER Assistant State Archaeologist (360) 586-9088 gretchen.kaehler@dahp.wa.gov DAHP Website: www.dahp.wa.gov
INADVERTENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES
Tips Have an Unanticipated Discovery Plan / Inadvertent Discovery Plan Sample: www.wsdot.wa.gov/environment/culres/compliance.htm Stop Work and Contact DAHP Pertinent Laws RCW 27.34 RCW 27.53 Archaeological Sites & Resources RCW 27.44 Indian Graves & Records (1941)
Inadvertent Discovery Plan Subject Headings: 1. Introduction 2. Recognizing Cultural Resources 3. On-Site Responsibilities 4. Further Contacts and Consultation 5. Special Procedures for the Discovery of Human Skeletal Material 6. Documentation of Archaeological Materials 7. Proceeding with Construction
QUESTIONS? LANCE WOLLWAGE, Ph.D Transportation Archaeologist (360) 586-3536 lance.wollwage@dahp.wa.gov GUY TASA, Ph.D State Physical Anthropologist (360) 586-3534 guy.tasa@dahp.wa.gov DAHP Website: www.dahp.wa.gov