New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 100 - HISTORIC PRESERVATION GRANT PROGRAM › Subchapter 3 - ALLOCATION OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION GRANT FUNDS › Section 5:100-3.2 - Criteria for review and ranking of applications for historic preservation grants

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) To determine
				priority for construction grant funding, all applications for eligible historic
				preservation projects in a given grant round shall be ranked on the basis of the
				following competitive criteria:
1. Significance of
				resource, which shall involve consideration of the degree to which a property is
				historically, archaeologically, architecturally or culturally significant in the
				State, under the evaluation criteria for the New Jersey and National Registers of
				Historic Places;
2. The physical
				condition of a property, including an immediate threat of collapse, demolition or
				inappropriate use or development; notice of code violations; and deterioration
				requiring stabilization;
3. The overall
				quality of the work proposed for funding, based on the following:
i. The quality of preliminary planning or contract
				documents submitted, including degree to which documents comply with Secretary of
				the Interior's Standards; and
ii. The
				credentials and experience of project term; and
iii. A realistic and feasible budget and schedule
				for work proposed for funding;
4. The availability of funds to match the
				requested grant;
5. The ability of
				applicant to carry out the proposed work, develop programs to sustain and interpret
				the property, and make it accessible to the public, and provide for the long-term
				protection of the property;
6. Impact of
				project;
i. The ability of the project to create
				jobs or training opportunities;
ii. The
				potential of the project to promote investment in and awareness of cultural and
				historic assets;
iii. The relationship
				of the proposed project to other State, county, municipal, or organizational
				planning initiatives or programs which will aid community revitalization, protect
				and preserve the built or natural environment, or improve or promote heritage
				education and tourism including the policies set forth in the New Jersey State
				Development and Redevelopment Plan and subsequent policies such as, Statewide Policy
				No. 9 (Historic, Cultural and Scenic Resources); and
iv. The proposed use and interpretative program
				for the site.
7. If, at the
				time of application, the applicant has no legal control over the property, either in
				the form of a valid 15-year lease or fee simple ownership, the Trust shall evaluate
				the likelihood in which ownership or the required lease will be obtained within the
				time set by 5:100-2.2(a)3 
				ii;
8. The degree to which the proposed
				project represents innovative design or programming for a historic site and the
				degree to which the project reaches new audiences; and
9. The distribution of funds to achieve a
				geographical balance as well as a balance between sizes and types of projects,
				diversity of audiences served by projects, and diversity of audiences served by
				projects, and diversity of historical or cultural periods.