District of Columbia Historic Preservation Plan, 2000

From The Preservation Planning Process: "The District of Columbia strives to achieve a full integration of historic preservation planning and comprehensive planning. As an indication of the commitment to this effort, on October 1, 2000, the D.C. Historic Preservation Office was merged with the Office of Planning. This administrative reorganization reaffirms the central importance of historic preservation in the city, offers improved coordination between preservation and planning, and provides opportunities for a more vigorous and expanded historic preservation program. The Office of Planning and the National Capital Planning Commission (NPC) jointly implement the Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital. The SHPO participates in review and revision of the District elements of the Plan through direct internal coordination at the Office of Planning; review of Federal elements is coordinated with NCPC. To support implementation of the Comprehensive Plan, the SHPO conducts additional preservation planning activities pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act. The Historic Preservation Plan for the District of Columbia is the primary product of this effort. Active citizen participation is sustained through the periodic revision of this plan. In addition, the SHPO produces an annual management plan outlining short-term objectives for program activities, and providing an opportunity for interested parties to comment on program activities for the fiscal year. The Annual Report to the City Council reports on program accomplishments under both local and Federal preservation laws. The combined result of all of these activities is a three-tiered preservation planning framework include: Comprehensive Planning, in which historic preservation is considered along with other factors such as land use, economic development, transportation, housing, and environmental protection in developing the overall plan for the city; Preservation Planning, which focuses specific on issues related to historic preservation, providing a vehicle for public and professional involvement and establishing a vision for preservation in the District; and Program Planning, which establishes concrete short-term targets for the operation of the historic preservation program and provides an accountable measures of program performance. As the central element in the planning framework, preservation planning provides the primary vehicle for identifying preservation issues and establishing city-wide priorities for the treatment of historic resources. Preservation planning supports development of the comprehensive plan and guides development of management plans for the preservation program." Project funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant to the District of Columbia Historic Preservation Office, Office of Planning, administered by the State, Tribal, Local Plans and Grants division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

District of Columbia Historic Preservation Plan, 2000

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