Certified Local Government Program (CLG)

2009-2010 CLG GRANT APPLICATIONS STATUS REPORT - June 2009

   A minimum of ten percent of California’s yearly allocation of federal funds received through the Historic Preservation Fund Grants Program must be sub granted to certified local governments; this year’s allocation was $1,304.638. The Office of Historic Preservation awards HPF monies to CLGs in a competitive process. This year OHP received 15 grant applications requesting $351,800 and has selected nine local governments to receive grants totaling $209,300 for the following projects:

Benicia: $25,000. Historic context statement for the Downtown Historic Overlay District, including the Eastern Residential Area.
Glendale: $9,300. Retain consultant to reconfigure the structure of Glendale’s CHRID database to enhance its ease of use for the public and its ability to be efficiently updated with new survey information and backfilled with existing data by consultants and city staff.
Los Angeles: $25,000. Develop a data transfer application for electronic transfer of SurveyLA data to the OHP.
Monterey County: $25,000. Context statement and thematic survey of agricultural related resources in the North County Planning Area.
Napa: $25,000. Intensive survey of West Napa and Spencer’s Addition neighborhoods.
Pasadena: $25,000. Intensive survey, Multiple Property Submission for pre-Craftsman-era residential buildings, nomination of two historic districts and 10 individual properties to the National Register, and making results available to public on the CHRID.
Richmond: $25,000. Phase 1 of a historic structure report for Richmond Shipyard No. 3, including a history of the property and an expanded conditions assessment of the contributing structures.
San Diego (City): $25,000. Historic context and reconnaissance survey of the San Ysidro community planning area.
San Francisco: $25,000. Historic context statement on architecture and landscape design during the Modern Age, c. 1935-1970.

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The 1980 amendments to the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, provided for the establishment of a CLG program to encourage the direct participation of local governments in the identification, evaluation, registration, and preservation of historic properties within their jurisdictions and promote the integration of local preservation interests and concerns into local planning and decision-making processes. The CLG program is a partnership among local governments, the State of California-OHP, and the National Park Service (NPS) which is responsible for administering the National Historic Preservation Program.

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What are the requirements to be a CLG?

Enforce appropriate state and local laws and regulations for the designation and protection of historic properties;

Establish an historic preservation review commission by local ordinance;

Maintain a system for the survey and inventory of historic properties;

Provide for public participation in the local preservation program; and

Satisfactorily perform responsibilities delegated to it by the state.

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How can a local government get certified?

Any general purpose political subdivision with land-use authority is eligible to become a CLG. A local government may apply to become a CLG by submitting an application, signed by the chief elected official of the applying local government, to OHP. If the applicant meets the criteria, OHP will forward the application and recommend certification to the NPS who makes the final cerification decision. When the NPS is in agreement with OHP's recommendation, a certification agreement is signed by OHP and the local government, completing the certification process. It is the local government that is certified, not simply the preservation commission.

Why become a CLG?

What’s in it for the local jurisdiction? Why would you want to associate your local preservation program with state and federal programs? Would you be giving up autonomy?

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CLG LISTSERV
CALCLG-L is maintained by the California State Office of Historic Preservation and is one of the ways we disseminate CLG program information and provide technical assistance to CLGs. It also serves as an open forum for the posting of questions by list members and discussion of issues of interest to CLGs.

This list is open to Office of Historic Preservation staff, local government CLG coordinators, planners, members of local historical review commissions or boards, and other local government employees or volunteers who have professional responsibilities or interests related to the Certified Local Government Program. Guest memberships are available to staff members of cities who are considering or in the process of becoming CLGS.

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