The purpose of this project is to develop a Preservation and Master Plan for historic Fort Lee, an approximately 2.3 acre, municipally-owned site on Salem Neck in the City of Salem. The project is structured to provide technical professional historic landscape architectural, archaeological, surveying and arborist services to the City to support ongoing historic preservation planning, restoration and rehabilitation activities related to the historic Fort Lee site and its component historic and archaeological features. Principal personnel shall include: 1) a registered landscape architect meeting the Secretary of the Interior’s Historic Preservation Professional Qualification Standards for Historic Landscape Architecture, and with extensive experience in historic fort preservation; 2) an archaeologist meeting the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications Standards (36 CRF 61 Appendix A) and the Massachusetts State Archaeologist’s permit guidelines as summarized in 950 CMR 70.00; the archaeologist will be experienced in Southern New England ancient and historical period archaeology and with New England coastal military fortification architecture, with the specific duration and types of experience as outlined at 950 CMR 70.10; the team archaeologist should have recent work experience on comparable sites using Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) survey methodology and standards; 3) a registered land surveyor; and 4) a certified arborist. Specific project goals are as follows: 5) Completion of a comprehensive topographic survey of the fort and site utilizing Stationary Terrestrial Laser Scanning (STLS) technology; 6) Development of a comprehensive existing conditions assessment of historic structural, landscape and archaeological resources of the fort and site; 7) Identification of threats including, but not limited to existing and potential erosional degradation; 8) Development of a prioritized set of recommendations for the preservation, restoration, rehabilitation and ongoing management of historic Fort Lee, with associated cost estimates, including, but not limited to: • Stabilization and preservation of the earthwork fort; • Conservation and rehabilitation of the park landscape; • Pedestrian circulation; • Opportunities for public interpretation
