RANKING OF PROJECT SUGGESTIONS


The State Historic Preservation Office's (SHPO) goals and objectives are set forth in Tomorrow's Legacy: Oklahoma's Statewide Preservation Plan (State Plan). Each year the SHPO is allocated a share of the U.S. Department of the Interior's Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) to carry out the National Register Programs in Oklahoma in accordance with the State Plan. To help determine the specific projects and activities that will be undertaken with the HPF, the SHPO considers the public's ideas and ranks them using the following criteria which expresses the SHPO's priorities. (NOTE: Definitions of terms are contained in the State Plan.)

CRITERIA

1. Projects which help the SHPO accomplish the goals of the State Plan

____ Addresses more than one goal (10 points)
____ Addresses at least one goal (5 points)
____ Does not address a goal (0 points)

2. Projects which provide the broadest possible public benefit

____ Statewide (10 points)
____ Regional/see the State Plan (6 points)
____ Drainage System or County (4 points)
____ City or Locale (2 points)

3. Projects which result in the identification and/or registration of resource types that are underrepresented in the State's inventory or National Register of Historic Places listings or that are endangered

____ Yes (10 points)
____ No (0 points)

4. Projects which foster the preservation of archeological and historic resources associated with a minority community

____ Yes (10 points
____ No (0 points)

5. Projects which provide educational opportunities about and/or increase public awareness of historic preservation issues and methods

____ Statewide Audience (10 points)
____ Local Audience (5 points)

(Revised 1995)