    RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL  (TRP NOTES MAIL)

    CREATOR: Kumiki S. Gibson ( CN=Kumiki S. Gibson/O=OVP [ OVP ] )

    CREATION DATE/TIME: 7-MAY-1996 10:34:13.00

    SUBJECT:  ITEM FOR LUNCH MEMO

    TO: Debbie B Bengtson ( CN=Debbie B Bengtson/O=OVP [ OVP ] )
    READ:UNKNOWN

    TO: Ron Klain ( CN=Ron Klain/O=OVP [ OVP ] )
    READ:UNKNOWN

    TEXT:
    Please include the following in the lunch memo:

    	You may want to (i) advise the President that he will soon be

    receiving the draft Executive Order that encourages federal agencies to

    locate their offices and other facilities in historic sites in our

    nation's central cities and (ii) urge him to sign the Order sometime next

    week, which is National Historic Preservation Week.

    	As you know, this Order was proposed by Dick Moe of the National

    Trust for Historic Preservation and developed, under the direction of your

    office, by a working group comprised of representatives of the Departments

    of Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Transportation;

    the Environmental Protection Agency; and the General Services

    Administration.

    	This proposed Order reconciles existing laws on historic

    properties with those that require Federal agencies to first consider our

    nation's central cities when making location decisions and gives priority

    to historic properties (both districts and buildings) in such areas.  The

    Order also furthers our efforts to improve government by directing

    agencies to ease the regulatory barriers that impede the Federal

    government's ability to establish or maintain a presence in these sites

    and to build partnerships among parties interested in preserving our

    nation's historic treasures.

    	This proposed Order has received overwhelming support from

    interested parties, such as the National Trust, the National Council for

    Urban Economic Development, the American Planning Association, the

    American Institute of Architects, the Urban Land Institute, and the

    National League of Cities.

    	You should ask the President to approve the Order when he receives

    it and agree to issue it during National Historic Preservation Week (the

    week of May 12, 1996), which would please Dick Moe considerably.