Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 223 - Historical Division › Chapter 35 - Administration › Rule 223-35.6 - Advisory Committees

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
			 Advisory committees may be appointed by the state historic preservation officer
			 for the purpose of conducting peer reviews of grant products, reviewing and
			 rating grant applications for funding, nominating historic resources to the
			 National Register of Historic Places, and providing other professional
			 input.
(2) Advisory committees may
			 be permanent or temporary. The term of office on temporary advisory committees
			 shall be determined by the state historic preservation officer
(3) Recommendations by all advisory
			 committees shall be nonbinding on the state historic preservation
			 officer
(4) Members of an advisory
			 committee shall not submit an application for a grant or contract from the
			 state historical society of Iowa. Action by an advisory committee member shall
			 be in accordance with Iowa Code chapter 68B and 223-subrule 1.6(6), Iowa
			 Administrative Code.
(5) Members of
			 advisory committees may be reimbursed for travel, lodging, and expenses at the
			 discretion of the deputy state historic preservation officer
(6) Iowa state national register of historic
			 places nominations review committee.
a. The
			 committee shall be a permanent advisory committee within the historic
			 preservation program.
b.
			 Responsibilities. The committee shall have the following responsibilities as a
			 minimum:
(1) Review of all nominations of Iowa
			 properties to the National Register of Historic Places for the purpose of
			 determining if the property meets the National Register criteria for
			 significance, and recommending that the state historic preservation officer
			 nominate or reject the proposed nomination;
(2) Review of appeals to National Register
			 nomination and provide written opinions on the significance of the
			 properties;
(3) Advise the deputy
			 state historic preservation officer concerning Historic Preservation Fund grant
			 applications, end-of-year reports, and the state comprehensive historic
			 preservation plan;
(4) Provide
			 general advice, guidance, and professional recommendations to the state
			 historic preservation officer in carrying out the duties and responsibilities
			 assigned by the federal program in Procedures for Approved State and Local
			 Historic Preservation Programs 36 CFR 61, April 13, 1984, and August 30, 1984;
			 and
(5) Approve operating bylaws
			 consistent with federal regulations.
c. Membership.
(1) The committee shall be composed of no
			 more than 12 voting members, all of whom are citizens of Iowa, and the majority
			 of whom are professionals in historic preservation disciplines of American
			 history, architectural history, architecture, prehistoric and historical
			 archaeology, or related professional disciplines.
The committee may include citizen members, representatives of
				other preservation-related professions, and nonvoting members.
(2) The committee may include two
			 nonvoting or ex officio members appointed by representatives of primary public
			 preservation organizations.
d. Qualifications.
(1) The professional requirement for
			 historians and architectural historians shall consist of a graduate degree, or
			 a bachelor's degree with two years of relevant experience. The bachelor's
			 degree shall include a concentration of study in American history or American
			 architecture. Substantial contributions to the discipline's field of scholarly
			 knowledge through research and publication may be accepted in lieu of
			 experience.
(2) The professional
			 requirement for an archaeologist shall be a graduate degree in archaeology, one
			 year of relevant experience with a minimum of four months' independent research
			 as a principal investigator in North American archaeology, and demonstrated
			 ability to complete research.
(3)
			 The professional requirement for an architect shall be a bachelor's degree in
			 architecture and two years' relevant experience or a state
			 license.
e. Appointment.
			 The state historic preservation officer shall appoint members to the committee.
			 Approval of appointees by the Department of the Interior shall be obtained. The
			 state historic preservation officer shall seek to appoint members consistent
			 with afiirmative action policy; reflective of the urban-rural, regional and
			 minority representation concerns of Iowa; and representative of citizen
			 expertise in the field of historic preservation.
f. Term of office.
(1) The term of office for committee members
			 shall be three years. The terms shall be staggered to permit one-third of the
			 appointments to be made each year
(2) The term of appointment shall begin on
			 January 1 and be effective through December 31 three years
			 later.
g. Meeting
			 procedures.
(1) Members shall be reimbursed
			 for travel, lodging, and expenses incurred in the performance of committee
			 service.
(2) Members shall adhere
			 to the conflict of interest statements in accordance with federal regulations
			 stated in the National Register Programs Manual, NPS-49, Chapter 3 and
			 223-1.6 (6),
			 Iowa Administrative Code.
(3)
			 Committee members shall refrain from voting and commenting upon any nominated
			 property for which the member serves as an officer, trustee, fiduciary
			 employee, or for which the member has consulted either for remuneration or
			 gratis in the preparation of the nomination, or for which the member has or
			 expects to participate in the development or use of the property.
(4) The committee shall meet quarterly. The
			 committee may schedule additional meetings as necessary to carry out its
			 business.
(5) The state historic
			 preservation officer or designee shall preside at all meetings of the
			 committee.
(6) Members are
			 permitted to miss no more than two regular meetings in a year and shall notify
			 the deputy state historic preservation officer at their earliest opportunity of
			 the need to miss a meeting. If a member misses more than two regular meetings
			 in a year, the state historic preservation officer may replace the
			 member
(7) Meetings shall be open
			 meetings conducted in accordance with Iowa Code chapter 21 and Robert's Rules
			 of Order, Revised Edition.
(8) The
			 quorum necessary to conduct committee business shall be a majority of full,
			 active, voting members of the committee. Acceptance of nominations for
			 recommendation to the National Register of Historic Places shall be a majority
			 of full, active committee members present. No nomination shall be considered by
			 the committee unless one committee member with professional expertise in the
			 area of nomination is present.
(9)
			 Citizens may appear before the committee to discuss a nomination. The length of
			 presentations may be lunited by the chair