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APPROVAL OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION FRAMEWORK PLAN

WHEREAS, the University is the steward of many significant historic buildings and landscapes, including Thomas Jefferson’s Academical Village - a World Heritage site; and

WHEREAS, the Office of the Architect has completed a Historic Preservation Framework Plan to ensure appropriate stewardship and planning for the University’s historic buildings and landscapes, which postdate the Jeffersonian buildings; and

WHEREAS, the Plan establishes a base level of consistent research and documentation for significant or contributing historic structures and landscapes on the University’s main Grounds; and

WHEREAS, the evaluation criteria used, and the preservation priority categories established, are enumerated in the Attachment to this Resolution;

RESOLVED the Historic Preservation Framework Plan is approved.