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 ] )
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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.