The legal requirements of the funding grants ( SAT and SNPLMA ) stipulate that the ranch be rehabilitate and/or restored in compliance with The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Historic Preservation Projects. Rehabilitation is defined as the process of returning a property to a state of utility, through repair or alteration, which makes possible an efficient contemporary use while preserving those portions and features of property that are significant to its historic, architectural, and cultural values.

Cultural and historic elements of the ranch will be preserved and protected.

Design elements for existing historic buildings will be constructed to meet the program requirements without compromising historic integrity.

Mechanical conditioning shall be limited to critical areas, and natural ventilation will provide primary source of cooling.

Where possible, and where it will not negatively affect the historic value of the ranch, new construction should occur at locations that have already been impacted by this earlier development.