programmatic agreement

One of the ironies of the issue of getting NSP funds on a fast track has been that when the Historical Society contacted the city originally back in June, there was a new Programmatic Agreement template available that would have streamlined the approval process for federally funded rehabs. The Community Development Department had not filled the template out for submission at that time, while the County's version of the same agreement had already been submitted and signed by the Advisory Council in Washington and OHPO in Columbus. As of today, nearly six months later, the city's agreement is being held up for approval in Columbus because of the city's failure to engage the Historical Society in the Section 106 Review process. Operating under an older version of the agreement or none at all, the city has to submit every project to OHPO for approval.