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NEAR-TERM ACTIONS
0-5 Years 5-10 Years 10+ Years
This first section, Near-Term Actions,
indicates that these recommended Actions Near-Term
should be given highest priority within the
first five years following Plan adoption. Des Moines Historic Preservation
Actions selected for this category were Program Equity Statement
based on stakeholder, staff, and consultant
team input, and on the potential impact acknowledge
of the Actions on the three Plan goals The Development Services Department
of making the City's historic preservation acknowledges that the City of Des
program Equitable and Inclusive, Moines’ historic preservation program
Community-Centered, and Strategically has not extended the benefits of historic
Integrated. preservation in a manner that values
N1. Operationalize the equity and and protects the full range of tangible
places and intangible heritage that
inclusion statement. reflect all the city’s histories. It recognizes
that, until recently, its protections,
incentives, and investments have
Goal Goal Goal primarily served those residents and
1 2 3
commercial and institutional interests
a. Publish the equity and inclusion that have the resources, time, and
statement on the historic preservation competency to know about and
webpage. navigate its programs and processes.
b. Conduct annual reviews by reform
evaluating the planning, process, and
completion phases of work to-date The Development Services Department
in order to ensure the equity and commits to reforming its policies,
inclusion statement remains a central programs, and practices to be fully
component of all work completed for understandable and accessible to
all residents; to be more inclusively
the Plan.* applied across diverse resource types
c. Regularly evaluate department and communities; and to proactively
programs, policies, and projects to engage residents in research, planning,
understand their impact on exclusion and decision-making. It will create
and inequity. Evaluation of this a program that deliberately creates
kind acknowledges that this work is choices, access, and opportunities for all
generative and will need to consider people.
evolving standards of diversity, equity,
inclusion, and accessibility. The operationalize
evaluation will listen to and learn from With the adoption of the ReflectDSM
Des Moines community members.*
Historic Preservation Plan, the
Department will institutionalize these
• Lead Agency: City of Des Moines,
Development Services reforms through a series of strategic
• Partner: City of Des Moines, City actions that are equitable and
Manager's Office; City of Des Moines, inclusive, community-centered, and are
Communications Office committed to collaborative approaches
that bring the benefits of historic
preservation to all residents.
Goal 1: Equitable and Inclusive; Goal 2: Community-Centered; Goal 3: Strategically Integrated
* Requires ongoing work.
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