Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 123 - OREGON BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT › Division 51 - OREGON SEISMIC REHABILITATION GRANTS PROGRAM › Section 123-051-0200 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) "Acute
			 inpatient care facility" means a licensed hospital with an organized medical
			 staff, with permanent facilities that include inpatient beds, with
			 comprehensive medical services, including physician services and continuous
			 nursing services under the supervision of registered nurses, to provide
			 diagnosis and medical or surgical treatment primarily for, but not limited to
			 acutely ill patients and accident victims. "Acute inpatient care facility"
			 includes the Oregon Health and Science University.
(2) "Applicant" means a school district,
			 community college, education service district, police, sheriff, fire, hospital
			 which is applying for a grant from the Seismic Rehabilitation
			 program.
(3) "Authority" means the
			 Infrastructure Finance Authority within the Oregon Business Development
			 Department.
(4) "Collapse
			 Prevention" means a building at this performance level is capable of
			 maintaining gravity loads though structural damage is severe and risk of
			 falling hazard is high as set forth in the American Society of Civil Engineers
			 Standard for Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings newest
			 edition.
(5) "Critical Public
			 Buildings" includes hospital buildings with acute inpatient care facilities,
			 fire stations, police stations, sheriffs' offices, other facilities used by
			 state, county, district, or municipal law enforcement agencies and buildings
			 with a capacity of 250 or more persons that are routinely used for student
			 activities by kindergarten through grade 12 public schools, community colleges
			 and education service districts.
(6) "Distressed or Impoverished" means all
			 Oregon cities and counties designated by Oregon Business Development Department
			 as distressed or impoverished by established methodology.
(7) "Education Service District (ESD)" means
			 a district created under ORS
			 334.010 that provides regional
			 educational services to component school districts.
(8) "Grant Program" means The Seismic
			 Rehabilitation Grant Program (SRGP).
(9) "Grant Selection Committee" means the
			 committee that is charged with evaluating grant applications for the purpose of
			 determining which projects receive funding. The grant selection committee
			 membership shall include representatives of Oregon Department of Education, The
			 Department of Human Services, The Office of Emergency Management/Oregon
			 Military Department, The State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries,
			 Oregon Seismic Safety Policy Advisory Commission, The Oregon Department of
			 Administrative Services, The Oregon Fire Chiefs' Association, The Oregon
			 Association of Chiefs of Police, Community Colleges and Workforce Development,
			 The Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, The Confederation of
			 Oregon School Administrators and others who possess expertise in construction,
			 construction grants and structural design as determined by the
			 Authority.
(10) "Grantee" means
			 applicant awarded grant funds for seismic rehabilitation project.
(11) "Holistic Project" means a project
			 emphasizing the whole building instead of the separation of its
			 parts.
(12) "Immediate Occupancy"
			 means a building at this performance level is expected of being sufficiently
			 functional for occupancy as set forth in the American Society of Civil
			 Engineers Standard for Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings newest
			 edition.
(13) "Life Safety" means a
			 building at this performance level is expected to present low risk of life
			 threatening injury to building inhabitants as set forth in the American Society
			 of Civil Engineers Standard for Seismic Evaluation of Existing Buildings newest
			 edition.
(14) "Match" is any
			 contribution to a project that is non-seismic grant funds. Match may include:
(a) Cash on hand or cash that is pledged to
			 be on hand prior to commencement of the project; and,
(b) Secured funding commitments from other
			 sources.