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APPENDIX D: ACTION IMPLEMENTATION MATRIX

Goals Implementing Organization(s)
Action Timing Progress Staff Notes
Number Goal 1 Goal 2 Goal 3 (*=ongoing) Lead Agency Partner(s)
Equitable + Inclusive Community-Centered Strategically-Integrated
Equity Statement
N1 Operationalize the equity and inclusion statement.
Publish the equity and inclusion statement on the historic
preservation webpage.
Conduct annual reviews by evaluating the planning, process, and City of Des
completion phases of work to-date in order to ensure the equity and Moines, City
inclusion statement remains a central component of all work City of Des Manager's Office;
completed for the Plan.* NEAR-TERM Moines, City of Des
Regularly evaluate department programs, policies, and projects to (0-5 Years) Development Moines,
understand their impact on exclusion and inequity. Evaluation of this Services Communications
kind acknowledges that this work is generative and will need to Office
consider evolving standards of diversity, equity, inclusion, and
accessibility. The evaluation will listen to and learn from Des Moines
community members.*
Information Gathering
Partner with community stakeholders to create a web-based tool for
community members to provide historical or cultural information
M1 about places, events, and other community features that are City of Des
important to their experience of and relationship with the City. Moines,
Information
Establish and build a relationship with community stakeholder Technology (IT);
partner(s) that have already begun the work of collecting oral City of Des
histories, conducting interviews, collecting information, and storing Moines,
the information. Communications
Determine and advertise multiple ways for community members to Office; City of Des
provide input including by adding a "pin" to a digital map, City of Des Moines, City
commenting, and submitting a non-geolocated written comment. Manager's Office;
MID-TERM Moines, Iowa State
(5-10 Years) Development
Optimize the tool for use in the field by community members, staff, Services University (faculty
elected, and appointed officials. Bring this tool to events throughout and students);
the city that staff attends to increase accessibility to the tool. Drake University;
Des Moines Public
Create a handout for the public with details about how to access the School District;
webtool. This handout could be used by other City departments during Neighborhood
outreach events or utilized during routine interactions with the public. Associations; Des
Moines Public
On an annual basis, coordinate with outside community stakeholder Library; Faith
partner to present the input to the Historic Preservation Commission Community
(HPC) to identify research needs to further explore, exploring priorities
for survey work and potential future designations.*
Survey and Designation
Recommit to the survey and research of potential resources
throughout Des Moines with the goal of creating a community-led
N2
process that highlights stories of underrepresented community
groups and less-traditional historic resources.

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