Res 2026-017 Approving the City of San Marcos Historic Preservation Plan

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,IV STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE Established as the Texas State Historical Survey Committee in 1953, before the NHPA mandated the creation of SHPOs, the survey committee began to serve as the SHPO in 1966 and was renamed Texas Historical Commission (THC) in 1973. The THC manages historic preservation at the state level and works with the NPS, federal agencies, local government, and private organizations to implement federal programs and policy. The Office of the State Archeologist (OSA) is within the THC and manages archaeological sites on non-federal public lands under the Antiquities Code of Texas. The THC works to preserve the architectural, archaeological, and cultural landmarks of Texas through a variety of programs, such as the Historical Marker, Courthouse Preservation, and Cemetery Preservation programs. The THC administers the NRHP and historic tax credit program at the state level in coordination with the NPS, maintains a State Historic Preservation Plan, and provides guidance for local Historic Preservation Plans. To receive federal funding, states must produce a Statewide Historic Preservation Plan within five -to -ten year c cy les. THC generally updates them every ten years to align preservation efforts at the local, regional, and state levels and to guide CLG's development of local Historic Preservation Plans, like this one. The 2022-2032 State Historic Preservation Plan emphasizes community engagement, disaster resilience, and the importance of preserving Texas' unique cultural heritage through the following six themes: 1. Public engagement with preservation's community benefits. 2. Protection of diverse historic sites from battlefields to midcentury buildings. TEXAS �� 3. Economic and cultural revitalization through 4. Disaster p eHISTORICAL Ipreparedness historic resources. 5. Building preservation expertise and broadening �' M M I Sr� I I V partnerships. 40 6. Representing Texas' diverse historical narratives. REAL PLACES TELLING: REAL STORIES CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS Certified by the NPS through the THC, a CLG is a municipality that has TI3E CITY OF demonstrated a commitment to historic preservation. The CLG program SAN MARC was established as part of an amendment to the NHPA in 1980, and the City of San Marcos was certified in 1990. To become certified by the NPS, a municipality must have established a qualified historic preservation commission; created and enforced local ordinances for the designation and protection of historic properties; maintained a system for the survey and inventory of local historic resources; facilitated public participation in historic preservation; and followed requirements outlined in the THC CLG Program. As a CLG, a municipality has access to Federal Historic Preservation Fund grants for surveys, NRHP nominations, rehabilitation work, design guidelines, educational programs, training, structural assessments, and feasibility studies. NPS and the SHPO can also provide technical assistance for a CLG historic preservation commission, building assessments, surveys and nominations, and general preservation issues. CLGs are also entitled to participate in the Section 106 process for NHPA compliance. Under Section 106, the local government of an area in which the effects of a project may occur is entitled to be a consulting party. PRESERVATION IN THE U.S. & TEXAS