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AMENDMENT NO. ONE TO CONTRACT K-1920-14: BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND THE OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE, EXTENDING THE CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS GRANT DEADLINE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1, 2020, WITH GRANT FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $16,767 TO BE USED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT OF LOCAL HISTORIC PROGRAMS.
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BACKGROUND: On April 14, 1998, Council approved Contract K-9798-108 with the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), thereby making Norman a member city in the Certified Local Governments (CLG) Program. The Certified Local Governments Program is part of the U.S. Department of the Interior national program for the development and support of local historic preservation programs. The CLG Program allows member cities to apply for funds for preservation projects within their community.
On July 12, 2019, the Council approved the contract with the State Historic Preservation Office for $16,767 in federal dollars to hire a consultant to update the Historic Preservation Guidelines. SHPO prepared the contract based upon the City providing matching funds in the amount of $35,000 for the proposed project of hiring of a consultant to prepare an update of the Historic Preservation Guidelines. Mainstreet Architects out of San Antonio Texas was hired to complete the project, but fell behind schedule due to the Coronavirus Pandemic and the associated restrictions. SHPO requested staff and consultant extend the schedule to September to allow for a quality set of revised Guidelines.
The CLG Program requires a 60/40% in-kind match formula. The City must document a minimum of $8,500 in in-kind matching funds. Normally, $8,500 in matching funds in the form of in-kind contributions of staff time and $2,200 allocation in the General Fund account are used to meet the matching fund requirement. However, this year, the City Council, allocated $35,000 in matching funds in order to provide enough resources to hire ...
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