Common use of NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT REQUIREMENTS - LEASE Clause in Contracts

NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT REQUIREMENTS - LEASE. A. Where a Memorandum of Agreement or other pre-award agreement concluding that NHPA Section 106 consultation includes mitigation, design review or other continuing responsibilities of the Government, Lessor must allow the Government access to the Property to carry out compliance activities. Compliance may require excavation for artifact recovery, recordation and interpretation. For Tenant Improvements and other tenant-driven alterations within an existing historic building, new construction or exterior alterations that could affect historic properties, compliance also may require on-going design review. In these instances, Lessor will be required to retain, at its sole cost and expense, the services of a preservation architect who meets or exceeds the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications Standards for Historic Architecture, as amended and annotated and previously published in the Code of Federal Regulations, 36 C.F.R. part 61, and the USACE Qualifications Standards for Preservation Architects. These standards are available at: XXXX://XXX.XXX.XXX/HISTORICPRESERVATION>Project Management Tools> Qualification Requirements for Preservation Architects. The preservation architect will be responsible for developing preservation design solutions and project documentation required for review by the Government, the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer (THPO), if applicable, and other consulting parties in accordance with Section 106. For Tenant Improvements and other tenant- driven alterations within an existing historic building, the preservation architect must develop context-sensitive design options consistent with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. Where new construction or exterior alterations, or both, are located within a historic district, and may be visible from historic properties or may affect archeological resources, compliance may require tailoring the design of the improvements to be compatible with the surrounding area. Design review may require multiple revised submissions, depending on the complexity of the project and potential for adverse effects to historic properties. USACE is responsible for corresponding with the SHPO, the THPO, if applicable, and any other consulting party.