Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 90 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 1 - Rules and Regulations for Carrying Out the Civic and Community Center Financing Act › Section 90-1-001 - Administration

Current through June 17, 2024
The Department of Economic Development shall adopt, promulgate, and carry out these rules and regulations for the Civic and Community Center Financing Act, pursuant to provisions of Nebraska Revised Statutes Section 132701 to  13-2710.
001.01
Purpose.
The purpose of the Civic and Community Center Financing Act is to support the development of civic, community, and recreation centers throughout Nebraska and to support projects that foster maintenance or growth of communities. The means of support are grants of assistance to municipalities from the Civic and Community Center Financing Fund administered by the Department of Economic Development.
001.02
Definitions.
Certain terms are defined below.
001.02A.
Fund
- means the Civic and Community Center Financing Fund created by Nebraska Revised Statutes Section  13-2704.
001.02B.
Civic Center
- means a facility that is primarily used to host conventions, meetings, and cultural events and a library. A Civic Center therefore includes space for conventions, meetings, and cultural events and/or a library.
001.02C.
Community Center
- means the traditional center of a community, typically comprised of a cohesive core of residential, civic, religious, and commercial buildings, arranged around a main street and intersecting streets. A Community Center is therefore an area of multiple buildings with both internal and external elements. A Civic Center may or may not be in a Community Center.
001.02D.
Historic Building
- means a building eligible for listing on or currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places; or certified as contributing to the significance of a registered historic district.
001.02E.
Recreation Center
- means a facility used for athletics, fitness, sport activities, or recreation that is owned by a municipality and is available for use by the general public with or without charge. Recreation Center does not include any facility that requires a person to purchase a membership to utilize such facility.
001.02F.
Project
- means the construction of a new Civic Center or Recreation Center, or the renovation or expansion of an existing Civic Center or Recreation Center or Historic Building, or upgrade of Community Centers, including the demolition of substandard and abandoned buildings.
001.02G.
Facility
- means a Civic Center, Recreation Center, Community Center, or Historic Building, constructed, renovated, expanded, or upgraded as part of a Project.
001.02H.
Grant
- means grant of assistance from the Fund for a Project, or for engineering and technical studies directly related to a Project.
001.02I.
Local Sources
- means amount, not including the grant, of financial and other pledges or commitments to and by a municipality for a Project.
001.02J.
Local Match
- means the amount of Local Sources that must be contributed to a Project funded through the Fund.
001.02K.
Application Guidelines
- means annual application guidelines for the Fund; consisting of the time and manner applications shall be received, reviewed and awarded.