New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 101 - GARDEN STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION TRUST FUND GRANTS PROGRAM › Subchapter 3 - ALLOCATION OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION GRANT FUNDS › Section 5:101-3.2 - 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 capital grants, all applications for eligible historic
				preservation projects in a given grant round are to be ranked based on 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
				property, including any 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 the Secretary
				of the Interior's Standards;
ii. The
				credentials and experience of project team or consultants; 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 the
				applicant to carry out the proposed work, develop programs to sustain and interpret
				the property, remain accessible to the public, and provide for the long-term
				protection of the property;
6. The
				impact of project, based on the following:
i. The
				ability of the project to create jobs or training opportunities;
ii. The potential of the project to promote
				investment in and promotion 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,
				Statewide Policies No. 9 (Historic, Cultural and Scenic Resources), and the New
				Jersey State Historic Preservation Plan, with which, the New Jersey State
				Development and Redevelopment Plan must be consistent; and
iv. The proposed use and interpretive program for
				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 N.J.A.C. 5:101-2.2(a)2
				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;
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 historical or cultural
				periods; and
10. Status of applicant's
				open grants.