Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 3, March 1, 2024
(1) The department
shall provide review criteria in grant guidelines or manual and application for
each new grant cycle.
(2) The
department shall evaluate applications that it receives by the announced
deadlines.
(3) The department will
establish a Grant Review Committee to review grant applications and provide
recommendations for funding to the State Advisory Committee on Historic
Preservation. The committee may include representatives of the State Advisory
Committee on Historic Preservation, historic preservation specialists or other
appropriate experts.
(4) The Grant
Review Committee shall score the applications based on the evaluation criteria
and then rank applications in order of priority based on a formula considering:
(a) For properties listed in the National
Register of Historic Places projects of the Preserving Oregon Grant:
(A) Giving higher priority to publicly owned
resources and private nonprofit resources, and properties that offer the
greatest public benefit through visual access and interpretive or educational
value;
(B) Properties that are not
publicly owned or nonprofit-owned must have exceptional significance or
extraordinary public benefit to compete;
(C) Geographic distribution; and
(D) Additional evaluation will be based on
demonstrated project readiness and the matching dollar share in-hand
commitment.
(b) For
archaeology projects of the Preserving Oregon Grant:
(A) Projects that discover or study
previously untold perspectives and histories of people frequently excluded from
historic interpretation;
(B)
Projects with a well-prioritized, clearly explained work plan with an
appropriate level of detail and realistic cost estimates;
(C) Geographic diversity;
(D) Project readiness, including matching
dollar share in-hand; and
(E) Shows
that it is part of a larger project or has far reaching results and uses beyond
the submission of the product to the State Historic Preservation
Office.
(c) For the
Diamonds in the Rough Grant of the Preserving Oregon Grant Program:
(A) Prioritize commercial or public buildings
in Certified Local Government communities, designated Main Street areas, or
local or National Register historic districts;
(B) Projects with a well-prioritized, clearly
explained work plan with an appropriate level of detail and realistic cost
estimates;
(C) Projects that will
generate dramatic "before-and-after" results, a high level of
transformation;
(D) Geographic
diversity; and
(E) Project
readiness, including matching dollar share in-hand.
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
358.475, ORS
358.605
& ORS
358.612(2)
and
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