New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 101 - GARDEN STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION TRUST FUND GRANTS PROGRAM › Subchapter 2 - APPLICATION PROCEDURE AND ELIGIBILITY FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION GRANTS › Section 5:101-2.16 - Procedures: historic sites management, MCRP, heritage tourism, and capital grants

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The following steps
				constitute the historic preservation grant application procedure.
1. Announcement of grant rounds and the opening
				and closing dates for submission of historic preservation grant applications shall
				be published by the Trust in the major daily papers and periodicals circulated to
				the historical and preservation community, posted on the Trust's official web site,
				and published in the New Jersey Register, in accordance with
				52:14-34.4 et seq.
2. The applicant must submit a separate written
				application for each historic preservation project.
3. Each project application shall include
				sufficient information to ensure that the Trust is able to conduct an adequate and
				thorough review. Applications not complete at the time of submission will not be
				eligible for review. Applications shall be on forms provided by the Trust and must
				in all cases include at least:
i. A statement of
				the significance and condition of the property;
ii. A description, justification, and statement of
				need for the proposed project;
iii. Cost
				estimates for proposed work;
iv.
				Photographic and other documentation;
v.
				Information on the applicant organization's programs, outreach activities and
				finances;
vi. As applicable, proof of
				the applicant's nonprofit and charitable registration status;
vii. Evidence of matching funds commitment as
				specified at N.J.A.C. 5:101-2.20 ;
viii. As applicable to a construction grant
				request, long-range plans for the future use and preservation of the
				property;
ix. As applicable, the names
				and addresses of all owners, all parties with an ownership interest, and evidence of
				ownership or an interest in ownership of the historic property for which a grant is
				requested;
x. As applicable to a
				construction grant request, the names of lessors and lessees, and, if available, a
				copy of a long-term lease meeting the requirements at
				N.J.A.C.
				5:101-2.2(a)2 ;
xi. If the property for which a grant is requested
				is not owned by the applicant, the application must include the property owner(s)
				written consent to the submission of an application by an eligible entity;
xii. If the property for which a grant is
				requested is not listed in the New Jersey or National Register of Historic Places, a
				certification by the State Historic Preservation Officer that, as of the date of the
				Trust's receipt of the application, the historic property for which a grant is
				requested is approved for listing or meets the criteria for listing in the New
				Jersey Register of Historic Places as set forth at N.J.A.C. 7:4; and
xiii. For Heritage Tourism projects, a narrative
				illustrating the proposal's consistency with site specific or regional heritage
				tourism plan.
4. A notice of
				receipt for each application shall be sent by the Trust to each applicant.
5. The Trust will review each application for
				possible funding.
6. If the application
				is approved and funds are appropriated by law, funds are to be distributed in
				accordance with an executed grant agreement between the Trust and the applicant
				which specifies, among other things:
i. The amount
				of grant;
ii. The project
				period;
iii. The project scope;
				and
iv. Special requirements including,
				but not limited to, inclusion in the New Jersey Register of Historic
				Places.
7. Applications not
				funded in a given grant round shall not receive further consideration for funding by
				the Trust in that grant round; however, revised or new applications can be submitted
				in subsequent grant rounds.