What is a CLG? - Wyoming State Historic Preservation …wyoshpo.state.wy.us/pdf/CLG.pdfIn short, a...
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What is a CLG?
City
Town
County
How did CLGs come to be? National Historic Preservation Act - 1966
Created a program between the Federal Government and the States; established a SHPO in each state
Based on: identification, evaluation, registration, and protection of historic resources
Act amended in 1980
Added the local partnership - CLGs
Local role was to administer local ordinances, maintain surveys, and participate in the National Register program
Any unit of government could become certified
In short, a CLG… Forms & Maintains an Historic Preservation Board
Meets NPS and SHPO Requirements
Participates in Historic Preservation Projects
Is Eligible for Funding
City County
How Does a Community Become Certified?
Form an Historic Preservation Board
City Resolution
County Ordinance
Complete the Application Form
Submit to SHPO
What are the Requirements?
Maintain an Historic Preservation Board or Commission
State may define qualifications: architect, attorney, historian, archaeologist, etc.
Enforce Local Preservation Laws
Regulatory ordinance not required for certification by NPS but can be required as part of state’s procedures.
NOT REQUIRED IN WYOMING.
Survey & Inventory
Should be consistent with state’s survey requirements
Provide for Public Participation
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•Open meetings, minutes, and procedures
•Public participation and comment on the National Register process
Annual Report to the SHPODue December 31 each year
Decertification
SHPO may recommend decertification after:•CLG is not meeting the performance standards•CLG has been told how to improve with a time limit that has passed w/o improvement
CLG may request decertification
CLG is decertified when NPS concurs in writing
Must reapply to be recertified
What are the Benefits?
Training Opportunities
Preliminary National Register Review
•SHPO must notify CLG of potential nomination
in jurisdiction
•CLG must provide opportunity for public
comment, then commission provides
recommendation to SHPO within 60 days
•If yes, nomination proceeds
•If no, SHPO cannot nominate property without
going through appeals process
Input in Local Land-Use Planning
Cheyenne Downtown Historic District
Networking Opportunities
Colorado Preservation Inc.
2006 Saving Places Conference
Carol Shull, former Keeper of the National
Register, talking with students
Colorado Preservation Inc.
2008 Saving Places
Conference
Carol Shull, former Keeper of the
National Register, talking with students
A Preservation Voice in the Community
Grants Approx. $55,000 each year
Matching Reimbursement
Grants
CLG Pays for Entire
Project Upfront
Reimbursed 60%
Match
Cash
In-Kind
Grants Continued…• Each subgrant is formalized by written agreement between
CLG & State
• Must meet procurement, debarment, and civil rights & equal
opportunity requirements
• Timely submission of final reports: SHPO must submit to
NPS
• 4 copies of any publication produced should accompany
final report
• Recapture!
Examples of CLG Grant Projects
National Register Nominations
611, 617, 619, 8th Street, Cheyenne South Side District Commerce Block, Glenrock
Walking Tour Brochures
Bricks & Mortar
Photos: NPS Preservation Briefs
Local History Publications
Archaeological Projects
Washakie County Excavation Site, BLM Website
Training
Colorado Preservation Inc. 2006 Saving Places Conference
Nancy Jane Baker, Memphis
Landmarks Commission, at 2006
WAM Convention in Riverton
Web Sites
Photo courtesy of Washakie Museum
to
Workshops
Surveys & Inventories
The Community Treasures of
Green River
A Project of the Green River Historic Preservation
Commission and the University of Wyoming
American Studies Program
2005
Preservation Planning
Building Assessments
Any Project that Leads to the Appreciation and Protection of
Historic Resources
