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Commission seeks funding and procurement fixes to speed historic resource surveys
Summary
The commission discussed delays to historic resource survey work tied to procurement changes, uncertainty in Massachusetts Historical Commission funding and an active recon survey project with Penn/University of Florida; staff will pursue CPC funding for aerial scans and continue work on RFQs.
The Nantucket Historical Commission on July 18 discussed multiple funding sources and procurement obstacles affecting island historic resource surveys, including delayed Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) grants and a new town procurement portal that staff said lengthens the consultant-selection process.
Holly Backus, the town preservation planner, said the commission remains an active Certified Local Government (CLG) and that MHC provides federal historic-preservation funding to the state, which in turn allocates at least 10% to CLGs. She…
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