“ Historic Preservation Consulting Services Joynerville & Beyond ”

Proposal # 23-P-046/TB

and returned to:
City of Titusville – City Hall
Purchasing and Contracting Department
555 S. Washington Ave., 2 ^nd flr.
Titusville, FL 32796

Addendum# 1, issued on November 9, 2023

Addendum# 2, issued on December 6, 2023, due date extended to December 19, 2023 @ 3:00 p.m.

The project involves the comprehensive research/documentation of the history, events, and landmarks within the City’s Historic African American Neighborhood and lost commercial district. Deliverables include: a study report, narrative for future interpretive signs/historic markers, branding, recording of oral histories, construction of a community timeline, mapping of historic sites, and uploading information on the contributing structures to the City’s history webpage and the “Explore Historic Titusville FL” mobile app. Titusville’s African American neighborhoods are considered a significantly underrepresented part of City’s history preservation efforts. Documenting places of past and current residence and enterprise are the focus of the project. Many of the architectural and cultural historic resources have been lost. This year, some representative structures, including the Gibson-Rivers house, were demolished due to lack of maintenance. The project’s goals include researching, recording, publishing, and promoting the history, events, and landmarks within the project boundaries. As a part of this effort, it is expected that new historic resources (or the location of former resources) will be found. This discovery would be one of the positive outcomes desired from this project. Other primary outcomes of this project would be the creation of maps that show the sites of historic resources, the creation of narratives for interpretive signs to educate the public on the significance of various historic resources (i.e. people, places, structures, events, etc,) the construction of historic event timelines, and, especially, the recording of oral histories. Within the African American communities, it is recognized that oral story telling is one method in which community members prefer or can share historical information. Considering the difficulty in attaining education for African Americans in the time periods in which Titusville was developed, key events and information are expected to be known only by former community members and their descendants. While some may have been written down or documented in other ways by individuals, Titusville has not yet experienced a concerted effort to formally document knowledge regarding the project area. While many interviews with former and present community members are expected to be published as oral recordings, the City of Titusville intends to record and curate some visual imagery and videos to supplement the telling of the community’s story. These media resources, along with relevant reports, photos of the interpretive signs, and the history timeline will be published on the Titusville History webpage, as well as the “Explore Historic Titusville FL” mobile app. Presented below are a series of tasks that are necessary for the successful completion of Survey of Historic Resources: 1. Deliverable 1 - Introduction/kick off meetings, public workshop, establishment of list of stakeholders, and Project Timeline Finalization 2. Deliverable 2 - Research & Community Engagement- submittal of: a. draft research report b. draft conditions assessments c. draft planning documents 3. Deliverable 3 - Preparation & Production of Data and Deliverables - submittal of: a. draft future education planning materials, including plans for future signage, website updates, mobile app updates, and historic assets map. b. a minimum of 3 recorded oral history interviews for review and approval 4. Deliverable 4 - Finalization of all Reports and Data tools as follows: a. final historic research report b. final copy of the architectural planning documents including the final conditions assessment c. final copy of the future educational planning document d. a minimum of 8 recorded oral history interviews for review and approval Final –will be in accordance with the completion of al deliverables and acceptance by State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Historical Resources. All services provided under this engagement shall be completed and paid for by June 30, 2024, unless granted an extension by the State of Florida.