[MassHistPres] June 1 deadline for input-->Need Local Commission insight on the Secretary's Standards!!

[Lee Wright]

Have you seen this?  

I just received it, and for some reason the deadline for input is June 1.

Best--

Lee Wright | Marlborough

-----Original Message-----
From: NAPC Member Listserv [mailto:NAPC-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
Megan_Brown at NPS.GOV
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 10:32 AM
To: NAPC-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Need Local Commission insight on the Secretary's Standards!!

Greetings Commissions!

We have an opportunity to have input into the revisiting of the Guidelines
for the Rehabilitation Standards!  However the deadline is tight.  Will you
PLEASE take a few moments to complete the survey below - not nearly as long
as the last one we sent out!    Note the deadline of JUNE 1!!!   This will
NOT be extended.


As the custodian of the Secretary's Standards and of the Guidelines for
interpreting them, the National Park Service is beginning the process of
expanding the Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings in order to
address questions raised by the current emphasis on sustainability.  Before
we begin to draft any expanded Guidelines, it is critically important that
we hear from those who rely on the Standards and Guidelines to preserve
their local communities.  We need to know what general concerns you have,
and we need to know of specific issues you have encountered where historic
preservation values and sustainability were or appeared to be at odds with
each other.

In all of the current discussions concerning historic buildings and
sustainability, an important component is the relationship between the
Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and the various
recommended building treatments designed to attain more sustainable
communities and energy efficient buildings.  While there is a growing body
of information on how to undertake these alterations, there is not yet a set
of official guidelines on how to make such changes in ways that
appropriately maintain the character of historic properties.

Please take a few minutes to complete this online survey before June 1. The
survey will no longer be available after that time:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/P5N3Y6L

We value the input of you, our local partners in the Federal Preservation
Program!

Megan J. Brown
Certified Local Government Program Coordinator Historic Preservation Grants
Division National Park Service NPS, 1201 Eye St NW (2256), Washington DC
20005

http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/hpg/
202-354-2062 phone  202-371-1794 fax
megan_brown at nps.gov
(if email bounces back please re-send to elskybar at yahoo.com)