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CONSIDERATION OF SUBMISSION OF THE CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS (CLG) PROGRAM 2015-2016 APPLICATION FOR FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $15,000 TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE OKLAHOMA STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE.
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BACKGROUND: On April 14, 1998, Council approved Contract K-9798-108 with the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) making Norman a member city in the Certified Local Governments (CLG) Program. The CLG Program is part of the U.S. Department of the Interior's national program for development and support of local historic preservation programs. Since its initial participation in 1999, the City of Norman has received an annual average allocation of $11,400 in CLG grant funds. Over the 15 years that the city has participated in the CLG program, the City has received nearly $179,000 in funding. In February SHPO notified the City of Norman's Historic Preservation Officer that the City was eligible to apply for up to $15,000 in CLG funding for the 2015--2016 program year.
Designation as a CLG city recognizes Norman's historic preservation efforts and entitles the City to apply for a portion of the education/outreach funding set aside by the SHPO out of each year's budget. Funding is intended to be used for historic research, public education and outreach programs. Over the past 15 years, Norman's CLG funding has been used to create public information, educational materials about historic preservation, to conduct historic and architectural surveys, and to host free, hands-on training programs in historic wood window repair, wood floor repair and the repair of historic masonry.
DISCUSSION: On April 6, 2015, the Historic District Commission voted unanimously to apply for funding to undertake the project described below for the FY15-16 CLG Program. The program requires a 60/40 in-kind match. In order to receive $15,000 in CLG grant funds, the City must document a minimum of $10,000 in matching funds or in-kind contributions of staff time. Mat...
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