Iowa Administrative Code
Agency 223 - Historical Division
Chapter 35 - Administration
Rule 223-35.6 - Advisory Committees
Universal Citation: IA Admin Code 223-35.6
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 6, September 18, 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
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