Final Project Outline Report for Fiscal Year 2009 Special Project - Palau National Register of Historic Places Project #2: In-house Nomination and Identification of Highly Significant Properties

Summary of Achievements: "The nomination and registration of 10 sites per year is ambitious however the actual human resource needed to gather information and proper paper work is absent. The significant sites proposed (12 significant sites) for FY'08 carefully evaluated by the Board. The Board conducted two official meeting on May 14, 2010 and October 11, 2010 to evaluate all nominees for inclusion on the register. The Board approved two (2) cultural sites. The cultural sites nominated for the FY09 were all put on hold by request of the Board. The Board motioned to revisit the nominated deferred for FY08. Upon review, only two of the remaining deferred sites were approved. Before the Board decides to entertain the other sites listed for FY09, they wanted to clear the entire list for FY08. Sites on the FY08 list are re-nominated for FY10. It was discovered during the preparation of the nomination that site or properties located on private land owned by a single, multiple, or clan group were not aware that their property is being considered to be included on the register. It became apparent that registering 10 properties per year is beyond the capabilities of the Registrar without enough staff support. The number was reduced to five nominations with at least two or three approved sites. A major issue needing attention is the goal percent of registered sites. To date, there are 182 sites on the Palau Register, mainly on Babeldaob. Should there be a percent of registered sites i.e. 30 percent terrestrial and 20 percent marine. If such proposal is taken into consideration, the Board needs to reevaluate the sites already listed on the register to determine their eligibility. Majority of the sites listed on the register are located on private lands which no record of landowner concurrence to register the property in the register." Project funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant to the Palau Historic Preservation Office, Bureau of Arts & Culture, Ministry of Community & Cultural Affairs, administered by the Pacific West Regional Office, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior (grant number 70-09-21863).

Final Project Outline Report for Fiscal Year 2009 Special Project - Palau National Register of Historic Places Project #2: In-house Nomination and Identification of Highly Significant Properties

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