HomeMy WebLinkAbout020511 RES - 11/08/1988A RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT AGREEMENT WITH THE
TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF A GRANT OF
$5,000 MATCHED BY THE CITY THROUGH IN-KIND SERVICES FOR
UPDATING THE 1974 PRESERVATION PLAN; AND APPROPRIATING
$5,000.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the City Manager is hereby authorized to execute a
contract agreement with the Texas Historical Commission for acceptance of a
grant of $5,000 matched by the City through in-kind services for updating the
1974 Preservation Plan, all as more fully set forth in the contract agreement, a
substantial copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof, marked
Exhibit A.
SECTION 2. That there is hereby appropriated $5,000 from Certified
Local Government Grant awarded to the City by the Texas Historical Commission.
ATTEST:
City Secretary
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APPROVED: ;2F.74A DAY OF O1oI,et 19 Fr
HAL GEORGE, CITY ATTORNEY
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Assistant City Attorney
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THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
2osi MICROFILMED
CURTIS TUNNELL
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
TEXAS HISTORICAL C
P.O. BOX 12276 AUSTIN, TEXAS 78711
CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT GRANT
This agreement is entered into by the Texas Historical Commission,
a State Agency, hereinafter referred to as the Commission, and the City
of Corpus Christi, hereinafter referred to as the Contractor, pursuant
to a grant made to the Texas Historical Commission for Fiscal Year
1988, by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service,
under the provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966,
P.L. 89-665 (16 U.S.C.S. Sec. 470 f). This grant is made for the
purpose of funding a project or projects to be undertaken by the
Contractor as a participant in the Certified Local Government program.
The Contractor in consideration of the hereinafter monetary sum to
be paid by the Commission agrees as follows:
SEC. 1. The Contractor shall undertake and complete the project
and/or projects detailed in the Project Proposal (Attachment I), to be
executed within the jurisdiction of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas,
in the County of Nueces, Texas.
SEC. 2. It is agreed that the Contractor shall be an independent
Contractor for the purposes of this Agreement. The Contractor shall
not be considered the agent, the servant, or the employee of the
Commission for any purpose whatsoever. The liabilities of any kind
arising from the performance of the contracted work covered by this
Agreement and all Appendices thereto are the responsibility of the
Contractor.
SEC. 3. In the event that the Contractor proposes to undertake a
survey of cultural resources in the City of Corpus Christi, then the
Contractor shall be required to enter into an Architectural Survey
Agreement with the Commission, and to fulfill all of the requirements
stated in that contract document and in "Guidelines for Survey and
Planning Grants" (Attachment II).
SEC. 4. In the event that the Contractor proposes to undertake
the preparation of a nomination to the National Register of Historic
Places, the Contractor shall utilize the current forms in use by the
Commission, as well as the current instructions for the completion of
such forms, which are also provided by the Commission.
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SEC. 5. The staff employed by the Contractor shall meet the
criteria for employment as prescribed by the Commission as outlined in
"Guidelines for Survey and Planning Grants" (Attachment II) and be
employed by competitive procurement. Regulations of the U.S.
Department of the Interior strictly prohibit unlawful discrimination in
federally -assisted programs on the basis of race, color, and/or
national origin. In all cases the person(s) employed by the Contractor
to complete the work specified in Sec. 1 must meet with the approval of
the Commission. The professional hired must also attend an orientation
session with the Commission's National Register staff prior to
commencing work.
SEC. 6. The Contractor shall keep accurate financial records
available for audit by the Commission or by Federal auditors three
years from Project End Date in accordance with Federal Management
Circulars A.87 and OMB A 102 (revised), OMB A 128 and the National
Register Programs Guidelines - NPS 49.
SEC. 7. All grant funds shall be spent in the manner and amounts
specified in the approved detailed Budget, a copy of which is attached
to this document as Attachment I.
SEC. 8. The work covered by this Agreement shall begin October 3,
1988 and be completed by July 31, 1989. If for any reason the work is
not completed by such date or if the Agreement is cancelled due to
Contractor's default, then all amounts paid under this Agreement shall
be immediately due and repayable to the Commission. It is further
agreed that all materials stipulated in Attachment I and all
reimbursement requests be submitted to the Commission by August 31,
1989.
SEC. 9. All documents referred to herein are hereby
adopted as part of this Agreement, as is set forth herein.
The COMMISSION, in consideration of the hereinbefore
undertaking by the Contractor, agrees as follows:
specifically
described
The Commission shall reimburse the Contractor exclusively from
U.S. Department of the Interior grant-in-aid funds for historic
preservation (Certified Local Government) upon the receipt and approval
of invoices from the Contractor as long as the Contractor'is in
compliance with this Agreement, up to the total grant sum of $5,000 as
specified in the Grant Award Letter (Attachment III). Such payments to
be made as requested over a period of eight (8) months for services
actually rendered, or if mutually agreed, in one lump sum up to the
total grant sum, upon completion and approval of all the requirements
set forth in this Agreement. The Contractor shall submit documented
reimbursement requests to the Commission and the Commission will in
turn reimburse the Contractor up to one half of the requested figure.
It is further agreed that a sum not to exceed 25% of the total granted
sum will be retained by the Commission until all stipulated materials
and properly documented reimbursement requests are submitted by the
Contractor.
IT IS FURTHER AGREED and understood by both parties that:
SEC. 1. All materials published, printed, or used for public
distribution funded in whole or in part by the Commission will note on
its materials that the Texas Historical Commission and the U.S.
Department of the Interior, National Park Service, aided in financially
assisting this work.
SEC. 2. This Agreement may not be amended by either party without
the written consent of the other party. In special cases, adjustment
of the contractual requirements may be necessary pursuant to
recommendations by the National Register Department with the approval
of the Texas Historical Commission.
WITNESS OUR HANDS this day of , 19W.
ATTEST: THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
by:
Armando Chapa Curtis Tunnell
City Secretary Executive Director
APPROVED:
Hal George, City Attorney
by
Assistant City Attorney
by:
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Juan Garza, City Manager
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
by:
Assistant Attorney General
Attachment I: Project Proposal and Budget
Attachment II: "Guidelines for Survey and Planning Grants"
Attachment III: Grant Award Letter
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REVISED BUDGET SUMMARY
GRANT IN-KIND SERVICE TOTAL
(1) Consultant's fee $2,550 $2,550.00
for professional
service of field
survey of
improvements
(2) Consultant's $ 200
'fuel allowance
for field survey
(3) Consultant's $ 200
travel allowance
(4) Consultant's $30 x 30 days
lodging =' $900
(5) Consultant's $25 x 0 days
food, per diem = $750'
(6) Reproduction $ 200
cost of one (1)
set of. Sanborn
Land Use Map
Series for
consultant's
field survey
$ 200.00
$ 200.00
$ 900.00
$ 750.00
$ 200.00
(7) Reproduction $ 100 $ 100.00
of office
historical data
for consultant
to utilize in
field survey
(8) Paper stock for $ 100
mapping historical
land use maps for
consultant's field
survey
$ 100.00
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(9) City Staff 200 hrs. x $18.75
preparing = $3,750 $3,750.00
bid proposal,
meeting with
consultant
to review
area, reviewing
draft of field
survey data
before final
approval
(10) Drafting staff
preparing maps
of field survey
area
(11) Secretarial staff
providing typing
service for bid
request, corres-
pondence to
consultant, and
preservation plan
data to be supplied
to consultant
35 hrs. x $14.50
= $507.50 $ 507.50
93.397 hrs. x $7.95
= $742.50 $ 742.50
Total. $5,000 $5,000 $10,000.00
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REVISED BUDGET NARRATIVE
Item
(1) Funds received from the Texas Historical Commission will be
utilized as payment for a consultant to perform field survey
on improvements prior to 1950 within the 1988 city limits of
Corpus Christi and mapped accordingly. This field survey
will serve as the first phase of the Preservation Plan
update project.
(2) Consultant's allowance for fuel when conducting the field
survey of improvements within the 1988 City limits of Corpus
Christi.
(3) Consultant's travel allowance to and from Corpus Christi.
(4) Consultant's lodging allowance during his/her stay in Corpus
Christi while conducting field survey.
(5) Consultant's food per diem allowance during his/her stay in
Corpus Christi while conducting field survey.
(6) Reproduction cost of the 1914/1919 Sanborn Land Use Maps
which identifies structures existing in Corpus Christi
during this period for consultant's utilization.
(7) Reproduction of existing Corpus Christi Preservation Pan,
Nueces County Preservation Plan, historical documents
pertaining to properties in Corpus Christi for consultant's
utilization.
(8) Cost of paper stock in reproducing street network base maps
for consultant's field survey.
(9) Staff member will prepare, for City Council approval, a bid
request package for the Preservation Plan update field
survey. Staff will meet with the consultant chosen to
review the historical demographics of the city. A review of
the draft field survey document and preface provided by the
consultant will be performed by Staff before final approval.
(10) Drafting staff will prepare street network maps to be
utilized in the preservation plan.
(11) Secretarial staff will provide typing services for the bid
request, correspondence to the chosen consultant, and
preservation plan data on improvements to be supplied to the
consultant.
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Guidelines for Survey and Planning Grants
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Pre -Application Manual
TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
NATIONAL REGISTER PROGRAMS
P.O. Box 12276
Austin, Texas 78711
[512] 463-6094
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Revised 1/88
PART I: INTRODUCTION TO SURVEY AND PLANNING GRANTS
With the enactment of the National Historic Preservation Act in 1966,
the Secretary of the Interior was directed to expand and maintain a national
register of historic places and to give maximum encouragement to state
governments to develop statewide historic preservation programs of their own.
The Act recognized that one of the prerequisites for an effective national
preservation program was the identification of historic resources across the
country thr-ugh comprehensive statewide surveys. A grants-in-aid
program established by the Act made limited funding available through the
National Park Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior for such survey
work at both the state and local levels.
Surveys and their resulting inventories form an important basis for
planning decisions that affect the quality of our community life. In order
to plan for the preservation and enhancement of the historic environment, it
is necessary to determine what properties make up that environment. Broad and
thorough coverage of the environment in a survey generally leads to a
multiple property nomination to the National Register of Historic Places.
Therefore, the effectiveness of the National Register as a planning tool
depends upon the quality and comprehensiveness of the preceeding survey
activity.
Survey and planning grants in Texas are administered through the
National Register Programs office of the Texas Historical Commission.
They are distributed as 50-50 matching grants, which, with the exception
of General Revenue Sharing and Community Development Block Grant monies,
must be matched with non-federal funds. These grants can be used to hire a
professional (see Standards for Professional Qualifications) preservation
planner, historian, archeologist, or architectural historian to conduct a
survey, prepare National Register nominations, or formulate strategies for
preservation planning.
What is a Survey?
Surveys are a process of identifying and gathering data on a
community's historic resources. They are generally as comprehensive as
possible in their effort to record all of the pre -1945 historic and/or
archeological sites, buildings, objects, structures, and districts within
a given geographical boundary giving them a high, medium, or low priority
ranking. To an extent, surveys then concentrate on all high priority
properties that may be eligible for inclusion in a National Register
multiple property nomination. This includes all resources that are of
significance in American history, architecture, archeology and culture,
and which are generally more than 50 years of age. Because we are also
concerned with locally significant neighborhoods and properties, and,
since with the passage of time an increasing number of properties will
continue to fall within the 50 -year time range, we recommend that more
recent properties and properties of local significance be included in a
survey.
The following are suggestions about the range of resources that
may be considered significant within the context of a survey.
BUILDINGS:
Definition: A building, such as a house, barn, church, hotel, or similar
construction is created to shelter any form of human activity. Building
may also be used to refer to a historically and functionally related unit,
such as a courthouse and jail or a house and barn.
(1) Notable examples of architectural styles and periods or methods of
construction, as well as particular local or regional types.
(2) Buildings illustrating the history and development of such diverse
areas as communications, community planning, government, conservation,
economics, education, literature, music, and landscape architecture.
(3) Stores and businesses and other properties that provide a physical
record of the experiences of particular ethnic groups.
(4) Markets and commercial structures or blocks.
(5) Buildings by great architects or master builders and important works by
minor ones.
(6) Architectural curiosities, buildings which are one -of -a -kind.
(7) Sole or rare survivors of an important architectural style or type.
(8) Studios of American artists, writers, or musicians during the years of
significant activity.
(9) Institutions that provide evidence of the cultural history of a
community, such as churches, universities, art centers, theaters, and
entertainment halls.
(10) Buildings where significant technological advances or inventories in any
field occurred (agricultural experiment stations, laboratories, etc.).
(11) Vernacular or folk buildings including secondary or outbuildings.
(12) A few interiors of buildings that retain significant features.
SITES:
Definition: A site is the location of a significant event, a prehistoric
or historic occupation or activity, or a building or structure, whether
standing, ruined, or vanished, where the location itself possesses
historical, cultural, or archeological value regardless of the value of
any existing structure.
(1) Archeological sites containing information that may be of value
in answering particular research questions.
(2) Archeological sites containing information that may shed light on broad
trends in local, state, or national history.
(3) Sites of cultural importance to local people or ethnic groups, such as
locations of important events in their history, historic or prehistoric
cemeteries, or shrines.
(4) Sites associated with events important in the history of the community
as a whole, such as battlefields, trails, etc.
(5) Cemeteries associated with important events or people, or whose study can
provide important information about history or prehistory, or landscape
significance.
(6) Ruins of historically or archeologically important buildings or
structures.
(7) Historically important shipwrecks.
(8) Cemeteries important for the architectural or artistic qualities of their
constituent structures and monuments.
(9) Constructed landscapes that exemplify principles, trends, or schools of
thought in landscape architecture, or that represent fine examples of the
landscape architect's art.
[Cemeteries are important cultural properties to survey, but usually are
not eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.]
OBJECTS:
Definition: The term object is used to distinguish from buildings and
structures those constructions that are primarily artistic in nature or
are relatively small in scale and simply constructed. Although it may be,
by nature or design, movable, an object is associated with a specific
setting or environment, such as statuary in a designed landscape.
(1) Objects important to the cultural life of a community and related to a
specific location, such as fountains, road markers, outdoor sculpture, etc.
(2) Objects important to scientific, historical, or art historical research
such as statuary, ships, locomotives, etc.
STRUCTURES:
Definition: The term structure is used to distinguish from buildings
those functional constructions made usually for purposes other than
creating shelter.
(1) Industrial and engineering structures including mills, kilns, quarries,
aqueducts, weirs, processing plants, utility or pumping stations, and dams.
(2) Transportation structures such as railroads, turnpikes, canals, tunnels,
bridges, roundhouses, lighthouses, and wharves.
(3) Agricultural structures such as granaries, silos, corncribs, and
apiaries.
(4) Movable structures associated with important processes of transportation,
industrial development, social history, recreation, and military history
DISTRICTS:
Definition: A district possesses a significant concentration, linkage, or
continuity of sites, buildings, structures, or objects united historically
or aesthetically by plan or physical development.
(1) Groups of buildings that physically and spatially comprise a specific
environment: groups of related buildings that represent the standards and
tastes of a community or neighborhood during one period of history, unrelated
structures that represent a progression of various styles and functions, or
cohesive townscapes or streetscapes that possess an identity of place.
(2) Groups of buildings, structures, and/or sites representative of, or
associated with a particular social, ethnic, or economic group during a
particular period.
(3) Farmlands and related farm structures (silos, barns, granaries,
irrigation canals) that possess an identity of time and place.
(4) Groups of structures and buildings that show the industrial or
technological developments of the community, state, or nation.
(5) Groups of buildings representing historical development patterns, such
as commercial and trade centers, county seats, and mill towns.
(6) Groups of sites, structures, and/or buildings containing archeological
data and probably representing a historic or prehistoric settlement system
or pattern of related activities.
(7) Groups of educational buildings and their associated spaces (school and
university campuses, etc.)
(8) Extensive constructed landscapes, such as large parks, that represent
the work of a master landscape architect or the concepts and directions of a
school of landscape architecture.
(9) Landscapes that have been shaped by historical processes of land use
and retain visual and cultural characteristics indicative of such processes.
Why undertake a survey?
The increasing competition for land use and uncertain economies of
rural and urban areas in the State leave the survival of many prehistoric
and historic resources in serious doubt. Although new construction will
inevitably replace some of these resources, the completion of a survey can
lead to the development of a preservation plan that takes into account the
relative values and significance of all historically and architecturally
significant buildings, sites, residential neighborhoods, and rural and
urban spaces. A preservation plan can help channel growth into the least
sensitive areas of the environment and limit the loss of valuable
resources.
In addition to serving as planning tools, surveys can help in
locating potential Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks and State
Archeological Landmarks. These designations, as well as National Register
multiple property nominations, can make those same properties eligible for
economic benefits, such as tax credits, and State and federal grants for
historic preservation.
What are the products of a completed survey?
(1) A typewritten Texas Historic Sites Inventory Form or its approved
equivalent or State of Texas Archeological Site Data Form
of every prehistoric or historic property in the survey
area. (See Appendices A & B)
(2) Negatives of all surveyed sites with proper identification of
each view. These may be either 4" X 5" or 35mm format. If
35mm format is used, each roll of film must be accompanied by
two contact sheets and one completed Photo Index sheet. (See
Appendix B) In addition, 35mm slides of all high priority
properties and representative streetscapes are required.
(3) Detailed maps that identify the location of all surveyed properties
and districts. Local maps with building footprints or USGS 7.5
series maps may be used to clearly identify surveyed sites and
their site numbers. If USGS maps are used these will be provided
by the Texas Historical Commission. (See Appendix C) For
archeological surveys, USGS maps must be used and must clearly
identify all site locations with trinomial numbers.
(4) Two copies of a final report which outlines the survey's purpose
and methods, and makes recommendations for local, state, and federal
historical designation and other appropriate preservation measures.
This report must be in conformance with Federal Register, Volume
48, No. 190. (Available from the Texas Historical Commission)
Additional products, if requested by the grant recipient, may result from
the survey work including sketch maps, sketch plans, and the outlining of
local preservation strategies.
What is a National Register Nomination?
National Register nominations may be for individual properties,
districts, or multiple properties. A multiple property nomination, the
most comprehensive one, includes all historic and/or prehistoric
properties within a given geographic area that have been identified in a,
comprehensive survey as meeting the criteria for listing in the National
Register of Historic Places. This can include any combination of
districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects significant at the
local, state, or national level.
What are preservation planning activities?
In general, activities for the continued identification and
evaluation of historic properties and for their protection and enhancement
are considered preservation planning activities. These may include
preparation of a comprehensive historic preservation plan, development of
historic preservation or district ordinances, establishment of financial
incentive programs for preservation, and public education
activities.
PART II: SURVEY AND PLANNING METHODOLOGY
The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Preservation
Planning, Identification, Evaluation, Documentation and Registration are
the guidelines prepared by the National Park Service of the U.S.
Department of the Interior for grants awarded from the Historic
Preservation Fund. The Standards provide a general methodology for survey
and planning activities on many levels and different scales. Therefore,
all work completed with assistance of the survey and planning grants of
the State Historic Preservation Office must be in conformance with these
Standards. A copy of these may be obtained from the National Register
Programs office of the Texas Historical Commission.
What are the elements of preservation planning?
A historic resources survey of a community has as one of its main
purposes the development of a complete, fully documented, comprehensive
inventory of the community's historic properties. To achieve this end
using cost-effective, broad, and unbiased methods, the Standards for
Preservation Planning recommend the preparation of historic contexts.
A historic context is a broad pattern of historical development in
a community or its region with geographic, temporal, and thematic
boundaries. Historic resources, both standing and archeological,
represent these contexts. For example, if a community began as a port
city in the 19th century, its functions as such may be reflected in its
street plan, in the character of some neighborhoods, in the location of
warehouses and commercial buildings, or in archeological remains buried
beneath more recent development. The operation of the 19th -century port
is thus one historic context that influences the nature and distribution
of the community's resources, and should influence survey efforts designed
to find and document such resources.
Historic contexts are developed on the basis of background data on
the community's history and prehistory, or on such data from the surrounding
area. To uncover such data, survey planners should conduct initial research
into the community's history and the history and prehistory of the region in
which it lies, and should consult knowledgeable authorities. An initial
statement of historic contexts should be developed during these earliest
stages of planning to guide development of the actual survey design. At the
point of planning the survey, it may be feasible to define them only in
broad, general terms; sufficient flexibility should always be maintained to
allow changes to take place as the survey progresses. In this manner,
historic contexts are almost always refined, modified, added to, and
elaborated on as the survey itself proceeds.
An outline of statewide historic contexts is available from the
National Register Programs office of the Texas Historical Commission.
These are considered a guide for surveys, registration and documentation
that will eventually lead to the establishment of fully developed contexts
or those contexts narrowed down to specific property or resource types
with defined protection strategies.
How are survey goals and priorities established?
A great deal of preparation is necessary before beginning any
survey effort. During the initial stages of research, survey goals should
be established based on the developed historic contexts. This will provide
information crucial for determining the scope and focus of the proposed
work. For example, suppose that a community (a) was the probable location
of a prehistoric Indian village near the confluence of two streams; (b)
was a port during the early 19th century; and (c) experienced growth in
the middle to late 19th century as rural Blacks established neighborhoods
of shotgun houses near urban centers and merchants built opulent houses in
another related neighborhood. Goals for the first -stage
reconnaissance -level survey effort might be (a) to determine whether soil
strata that might contain the archeological remains of the Indian village
still exist under the modern streets and houses that overlay the old
stream confluence; (b) to determine the boundaries of the early 19th
century port, identify major buildings from the period, identify buildings
requiring further study to determine whether they represent repeatedly
modernized 19th -century buildings, and determine locations of likely
archeological interest; (c) to identify historic neighborhoods that retain
their architectural and cultural integrity.
The means to achieving these goals can then be assigned priorities
based on such factors as work already conducted, available funding,
planning and development constraints, and survey opportunities.
How is the survey conducted?
The first step is to determine the boundaries of the survey area.
This usually is determined by the funding agency or organization and
follows an established political boundary. If dealing with standing
structures in densely populated urban areas, however, other boundaries
might be considered. In most archeological studies, boundaries may follow
topographic or environmental zones, such as valley floors, or river
basins.
Regardless of the boundaries, a survey consists of two major
components: (a) archival research, (b) field work and recording of
information. Although archival research begins before field work, and
much information is recorded as the result of field work, both normally
will be simultaneous activities. Those conducting them should interact
and provide each other with advice and suggestions.
(A) Performing archival research
Archival research should examine factors such as the area's
historical or prehistoric development, political boundaries, settlement
patterns, and geographic features. Good sources of historic information
include back issues of newspapers and periodicals, city directories, •
census records, old maps and photographs, Sanborn Insurance maps, county
histories, tax rolls, and deed records. Local libraries and -county
courthouses often have many of these and other historical records.
Prehistoric background information can be found in published and
unpublished studies, theses, and dissertations.
The Texas State Library and Archives in Austin, the Barker Texas
History Center at the University of Texas, the Southwest Collection at
Texas Tech, the Institute of Texan Cultures in San Antonio, the Texas
Historical Commission libraries and other State and local archives are
useful resource centers for both historic and prehistoric reference
materials.
Locally collected information is vital in any survey effort. Dis-
plays and collections at libraries, schools, and museums; articles in local
newspapers; guided tours of historic homes; meetings with local groups or
clubs; and oral history projects can all help gather information and local
support for a survey. Local historians, genealogists, and other
knowledgeable individuals also should be enlisted in the effort.
(B) Field Work and Recording Procedures
Field work is usually divided into two types: reconnaissance and
intensive surveys. A reconnaissance survey should document:
(1) The boundaries of the area surveyed;
(2) Major properties of 50 years of age or more;
(3) The method of survey, including the extent of
survey coverage;
(4) Comment on the kinds of historic properties present in the
survey area;
(5) Specific properties that were identified, and the
categories of information collected; and
(6) Areas examined that did not yield historic properties.
An intensive survey should document:
(1) The boundaries of the area surveyed;
(2) All properties of 50 years of age or more;
(3) The method of survey, including an estimate of the
extent of survey coverage;
(4) A record of the precise location of all properties
identified;
(5) Information on the appearance, significance, integrity,
and boundaries of each property sufficient to permit
an evaluation of its significance; and
(6) Comment on and estimates of areas where resources have
been lost.
Sometimes both types are conducted as related parts of the same
survey project; in other cases, reconnaissance is used to plan and focus
later intensive survey. In general, the Texas Historical Commission
•now funds only intensive surveys.
The field work generally consists of identifying resources,
photographing them, recording basic site data, marking a field map, and
sometimes completing a site plan for all properties which appear to be of
historical, architectural, or archeological significance. In a survey of
above -ground resources, this process entails driving or walking every
street in a community, and evaluating every site and structure
individually on the basis of the established criteria. The information
gained through this process can then be cross-referenced with the archival
findings. A Historic Sites Inventory Form or an approved equivalent is
completed for every property deemed to be of cultural or historical value
at that point. These forms are then keyed to a map of the survey area, so
that the general patterns of chronology, growth, and concentration can
easily be identified. (See Appendices A and C). In archeological surveys,
standard predictive survey methods are employed, and sites are recorded on
State of Texas Archeological Site Data Forms (see Appendix D). All
archeological sites should be plotted on the largest scale USGS
topographic sheets available (7.5 minute scale is preferred).
[Please refer to National Register Bulletin 24, Guidelines For Local
Surveys: A Basis For Preservation Planning by the National Register of
Historic Places Interagency Resources, National Park Service, U.S.
Department of the Interior for more information on survey and planning
techniques. Available from the National Register Programs office, Texas
Historical Commission.]
PART III: HOW TO APPLY FOR SURVEY AND PLANNING GRANTS
Survey and planning grants are allocated annually by the Texas
Historical Commission in accordance with the State Historic Preservation
Plan to assist in preservation planning projects and compilation of an
inventory of the State's historic resources. These grants are allocated
from the Historic Preservation Fund awarded to the Texas Historical
Commission of the State of Texas by the U.S. Department of the Interior.
As explained earlier, with other grants awarded through the Texas
Historical Commission, survey and planning grants must be matched on a
50-50 basis. Since the funding is federal in origin, only non-federal
monies may be used as a match, with the exception of General Revenue
Sharing and Community Development Block Grant monies. The match can
consist of cash or in-kind contributions. Cash contributions are the
grant recipient's cash outlay of money from non-federal sources, except
for General Revenue or Community Development funds. In-kind contributions
are the value of non-cash contributions provided by the grant recipient or
non-federal third parties.
Pre -Application Procedures
A signed National Register Survey Grant Pre -Application Form must
be submitted to the Texas Historical Commission in order for a nonprofit
organization or governmental entity to be eligible for a survey and
planning grant.
The Pre -Application Form also should describe the need, proposed
-work, project professionals, expected costs with matching capabilities,
anticipated project duration, and any deadlines and specific schedules to
which the applicant must adhere. A Project Proposal provided by the
selected project professionals should accompany the Pre -Application Form.
(See "Project Proposal") For a list of current project professionals,
contact the National Register Programs office of the Texas Historical
Commission and forward the selected project professionals a formal
Request for Proposals.
The deadline for submittal of a Pre -Application Form to the Texas
Historical Commission is 5:00 p.m. on April 1, 1988.
Grant Allocations
Announcement of the grant allocations will be made by the
Historical Commission as early as possible in each fiscal year beginning
each October 1, but because the actual date of receipt of federal monies
may vary, some flexibility is necessary in the time schedule for
completion of projects.
Funds will be awarded to eligible applicants on a competitive
basis giving priority to those conforming to the goals of the State
Historic Preservation Officer and State Historic Preservation Plan. Such
priorities may be subject to change as a result of alterations in federal
historic preservation programs. The review of applications will focus on,
but not be limited to, the continuation of survey work already underway,
initiation of survey work in areas identified as priorities both rural and
urban, and the preparation of multiple property National Register
nominations. The Texas Historical Commission prefers that Project
Proposals phase proposed work to separate survey activities from National
Register nomination preparation.
Project Proposal
Once the award is made, a detailed description of what is to be
accomplished with this grant award must be submitted for the approval of
the Texas Historical Commission prior to project implementation. The
grant recipient may use the original or an amended version of the
pre -application proposal for formal approval. This Project Proposal
should include:
(1) a description of the existing circumstances prompting the need for this
survey;
(2) a description of the proposed scope of work --what can be expected to be
accomplished;
(3) a list of proposed project personnel and their professional qualifications;
(4) documentation indicating the competitive process used to select the
project professionals;
(5) a budget summary and detailed budget breakdown and narrative; (A budget
narrative must be submitted with the proposed budget to explain expendi-
tures by item. Calculations justifying all entries should be shown. Iden-
tify all sources of matching funds.)
(6) proposed project start and end dates;
(7) an outline of anticipated future phases of work; and
(8) plans for utilization of data gathered in this phase.
Note: Costs associated with activities carried out to influence legislation
pending before Congress, commonly referred to as "lobbying," are unallow-
able as charges to the National Park Service Historic Preservation Fund.
These grants must conform to provisions of 18 USC 1913: "No part of the
money appropriated by any enactment of Congress, may be used directly or
indirectly to pay for any personal service, advertisement, telegram,
telephone, letter, printed or written matter, or other device, intended or
designed to influence in any manner a Member of Congress, to favor or
oppose, by vote or otherwise, any legislation or appropriation by Congress,
whether before or after the introduction of any bill or resolution
proposing such legislation or appropriation; but this shall not prevent
officers or employees of the United States or its departments or agencies
from communicating to Members of Congress on the request of any Member, or
to Congress through proper official channels, requests for legislation or
appropriation which they deem necessary for the efficient conduct of the
public business."
Procurement of Project Professional
The grant recipient must perform competitive procurement
procedures to obtain the project professional. The grant recipient must
contact at least three qualified professionals for written bids usually
through the issuance of Request for Proposals.(The Texas Historical
Commission has samples of such requests if needed.) In addition, the
grant recipient may want to advertise for written bids in such broad
market publications as the "Commerce Business Daily", newspapers,
professional journals, etc. The Texas Historical Commission has resumes
of interested and qualified parties on file that grant recipients should
use for contacts. This file contains resumes for minority business
enterprises as well, and every effort should be made to contact these
minority businesses. The Texas Historical Commission does not endorse any
party; these resumes are for informational purposes only.
The invitation to bid (Request for Proposals), proposals received,
statement explaining selection process must be submitted to the Texas
Historical Commission as part of the Project Proposal.
Standards for Professional Qualifications
To insure that appropriate historical, architectural, archeological
and cultural properties are identified for the public benefit through
grants-in-aid assistance, the following minimal professional standards for
historical, architectural, and archeological documentation have been
established by Preservation Assistance Division, National Park Service
Personnel. Those persons supervising the surveys must be professionally
qualified in accordance with 36 CFR 61 as follows:
Professional Requirements
"In the following definitions, a year of full-time professional
experience need not consist of a continuous year of full-time work but may
be made up of discontinuous periods of full-time or part-time work adding
up to the equivalent of a year of full-time experience.
(a) History. The minimum professional qualifications in history are a
graduate degree in history or closely related field; or a bachelor's degree
in history or a related field plus one of the following: (1) at least two
years of full-time experience in research, writing, teaching, interpre-
tation, or other demonstrable professional activity with an academic
institution, historical organization or agency, museum, or other pro-
fessional institution; or (2) substantial contribution through research and
publication to the body of scholarly knowledge in the field of history.
(b) Archeology. The minimum professional qualifications in archeology
are: (1) a graduate degree in archeology, anthropology, or closely related
field, or equivalent training accepted for accreditation purposes by the
Society of Professional Archeologists, (2) demonstrated ability to carry
research to completion of theses, research reports, or similar documents,
and (3) at least 16 months of professional experience and/or specialized
training in archeological field, laboratory, or library research, admini-
stration, or management, including at least 4 months experience in archeo-
logical field research and at least one year of experience and/or
specialized training in the kind of activity the individual proposes to
practice. For example, persons supervising field archeology should have at
least 1 year or its equivalent in field experience an/or specialized field
training, including at least six months in a supervisory role. Persons
engaged to do archival or documentary research should have had at least 1
year experience and/or specialized training in such work. Archeologists
engaged in regional or agency planning or compliance with historic
preservation procedures should have had at least 1 year of experience in
work directly pertinent to planning, compliance actions, etc. and/or
specialized historic preservation or cultural resource management training.
A practitioner of prehistoric archeology should have had at least 1 year
of experience or specialized training in research concerning archeological
resources of the prehistoric period. A practitioner of historic archeology
should have had at least 1 year of experience in research concerning
archeological resources of the historic period. Experience in archeo-
logical research in the region where the project will be undertaken is
usually desirable.
(c) Architectural History. The minimum professional qualifications in
architectural history are a graduate degree in architectural history, his-
toric preservation, or closely related field, with course work in American
architectural history; or a bachelor's degree in architectural history,
with a concentration in American architecture; or a bachelor's degree in
architectural history, historic preservation, or closely related field plus
one of the following: (1) at least two years full-time experience in re-
search, writing, or teaching in American history or restoration architec-
ture with an academic institution, historical organization or agency, mu-
seum, or other professional institution; or (2) substantial contribution
through research and publication to the body of scholarly knowledge in the
field of American architectural history.
(d) Historical Architecture. The minimum professional qualifications in
historical architecture are a professional degree in architecture or a
state license to practice architecture, plus one of the following: (1) at
least 1 year of graduate study in architectural preservation, American
history, preservation planning, or closely related field and at least 1
year of full-time professional experience on preservation and restoration
projects; or (2) at least 2 years of full-time professional experience on
preservation and restoration projects. Experience on preservation and res-
toration projects shall include detailed investigations of historic struc-
tures, preparation of historic structures research reports, and preparation
of plans and specifications for preservation projects."
Regulations of the U. S. Department of the Interior strictly
prohibit unlawful discrimination in federally -assisted programs on the
basis of race, color and/or national origin.
Review and Approval of the Project Proposal
Project Proposals should be submitted to the Texas Historical Commis-
sion for review and approval with the Pre -Application so as to expedite
the project and avoid additional delays due to deadline backlogs.
Orientation Meeting
A meeting with.the staff of the Texas Historical Commission will
be required for all grant recipients shortly after the grant award is
announced. The project supervisor, project professional, and the grant
recipient's fiscal officer will be required to attend. The purpose of the
meeting is both to establish survey priorities and a timetable for
completion, and formalize the budget and reimbursement procedures.
A time and date for the meeting will be arranged following sub-
mittal of the Pre -application Form, project proposal, approval of the
grants by the Texas Historical Commission, and issuance of award letters.
No work should begin prior to the orientation meeting and receipt
by the Texas Historical Commission of a signed written contract.
Project Implementation
A. Project Contract. A contractual agreement (approved by the State
Attorney General) specifying the approximate scope of work, a timetable
for completion and budgetary concerns will be prepared by the Texas
Historical Commission on the basis of the Project Proposal and the
subsequent consultations with the grant recipient. The agreement must be
signed by the parties involved prior to commencement of work.
B. Reimbursement. All payments to the grant recipient will be strictly on
a reimbursement basis, and all payments will be on a one-to-one match.
Invoices and cancelled checks for total payment to the project
professional(s) should be submitted by the grant recipient; one-half of
these totals will then be reimbursed to the grant recipient -.(See
"assurances," p. 13)
Reimbursement can be requested monthly, quarterly, or as a lump sum
at the completion of the project. The following project documentation must
be submitted to the Texas Historical Commission in order for reimbursement
to be considered:
1.Procurement documents (invitation to bid, proposals received, statement
explaining selection of project professional).
2.Signed contractual agreement: (a) Contract signed by the parties
involved after the Project Proposal has been approved.
3. Assurances: Each request for reimbursement submitted to the
Texas Historical Commission is to contain:
(1) A letter requesting reimbursement which lists:
(a) the number of the request (first, second, third, etc.)
(b) time period in which costs were incurred.
(c) costs currently listed.
(2) Verification of each cost currently claimed. This will include copies
of statements, and if in-kind contributions are made, copies of timesheets
signed by both the employee (or volunteer) and supervisor.
(3) Verification of each corresponding payment (copies of cancelled
checks).
4. Monthly progress reports, due to the Commission by the 10th day
of the following month.
The Commission will then reimburse the grant recipient for
one-half of the documented allowable expenditures made during the project
period covered by the request.
Note: The Commission will not process requests for reimbursement of
expenses incurred prior to the project start date.
C. Project Review. A periodic review will be made by the Texas Historical
Commission, National Register Programs staff, to monitor project progress
and to assist with any difficulties encountered. The grant recipient is
responsible for informing the Commission, in writing, of significant
problems, delays, and/or adverse conditions that materially affect planned
performance. Additional reviews may be requested by either party at any
time. Following review, the contract may be amended if necessary.
Amendments may be necessary if the project is proceeding more rapidly or
slowly than anticipated, and survey work may be added to, or deleted from,
the contract.
D. Revisions to proposed work/costs. All revisions to the Project
Proposal must be requested in writing prior to implementation. The
Commission will grant approval or denial in written form. Only when written
approval has been granted may the proposed work be implemented.
E. Project Certification and Final Report. Twenty-five percent (25%) of
the grant awards will be retained by the Commission and paid upon receipt
and certification of the completed -survey material and two copies of a
detailed, documented Final Report. All survey material will be reviewed
within twenty-one days of submission to the Texas Historical Commission,
National Register Programs office. Survey material may be returned if it
is determined that the submitted data are incomplete. Corrected or
amended survey data should be returned to the Commission within 30 days
for certification and final payment.
Final products that do not meet the terms of the grant agreement and/or
that do not comply with the appropriate Secretary of Interior Standards
and the terms of the National Register Programs Guidelines - NPS 49 will
not be reimbursed.
The completed survey forms, contact sheets, label sheets, photo-
graphic negatives, slides, and final reports generated by the work of the
project professional shall all be the property of the Commission.
F. Fiscal Records. It will be the responsibility of the grant recipient
to maintain all financial records (receipts, invoices, and timetables) in
accordance with Federal Management Circular A.87 and OMB A 102 (revised)
for a period of three years beyond the Project End Date.
It will be the responsibility of the grant recipient (if state or
local government) to acquire an independent audit, in accordance with OMB
A-128, if the grant award is between $25,000 and $100,000 a year.
However, all grant recipients, including non -profits, are encouraged to
acquire an independent audit.
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CURTIS TUNNELL
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
fi77fiC/EN
TEXAS H COMMISSION
P.O. BOX 12276
Hon. Betty Turner, Mayor
City of Corpus Christi
P.O. Box 9277
Corpus Christi, Texas 78469
Dear Mayor Turner:
AUSTIN, TEXAS 78711 (512) 463-6100
April 26, 1988
We are pleased to announce on behalf of the, Texas Historical
Commission that a grant of $5,000 has been allocated for the City of
Corpus Christi in conjunction with their participation in the Certified
Local Government program. Funding foi this grant has been provided by
the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, under the
provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966.
To remain eligible for this grant allocation, it is necessary for the
project coordinator and the project professional to jointly participate
in a grant orientation session. These sessions will be held with the
Commission staff members who will be working with you on this project,
and are designed to familiarize you with the granting process. A
Project Proposal will also need to be prepared and submitted to the
Commission before final grant approval can be made.
Failure to -participate in an orientation session and to submit a
Project Proposal before commencement of work on this project will be
cause for this grant allocation to revert to the Texas Historical
Commission for reallocation to another project. It is, therefore,
important that upon receipt of this letter you contact Dwayne Jones at
(512) 463-6094 to arrange the necessary grant orientation session.
Please note that no work should begin prior to your grant orientation
session and approval from the Texas Historical Commission of your
Project Proposal. This approval will be in the form of a written
contract between you and the Texas Historical Commission.
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We look forward to assisting you in this most worthwhile preservation
endeavor.
Sincerely,
T.R. Fehrenbach
Chairman
xc: Hon. Lloyd Bentsen
• Hon. Phil Gramm
Hon. Solomon P. Ortiz
Hon. Carlos Truan
Hon Hugo Berlanga
Hon. Eddie Cavazos
Hon. Ted B. Roberts
Mr. Jim Nabors
Ms. Anita Eisenhauer
Curtis Tunnell
Executive Director
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI , =CAS
CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS
(City Charter Article IV Section 21)
October 25, 1988
I certify to the City Council that $ 4,030.00 , the amount required for
the contract, agreement, obligation or expenditures contemplated in the above
and foregoing ordinance is in the Treasury of the City of Corpus Christi to the
•credit of:
Fund 1b. and Name 162 Federal State Grant Fund
Project No. 162-152-807.14
Project Name CDBG 14th Year
from which it is proposed to be drawn, and such money is not appropriated for any
other purpose.
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The above resolution was passed by the following vote:
Betty N. Turner
David Berlanga, Sr.
Leo Guerrero
Clif Moss
Bill Pruet
Mary Rhodes
Frank Schwing, Jr.
Mary Pat Sl av i k
Linda Strong
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