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City staff: in-house Section 106 review sped processing for HUD and HOME projects
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City staff told the preservation commission that a programmatic agreement allows in-house Section 106 reviews of federally funded projects (HUD and HOME), reducing state-level processing time; staff reported 17 national-register-eligible projects and roughly 99 other projects in 2025.
At the Jan. 14 meeting the commission heard an update on Section 106 reviews and the city’s programmatic agreement that permits in-house review of federal-funded work.
Staff explained the arrangement shortens processing compared with routing every project to the State Historic Preservation Office. “City of Kalamazoo is fortunate enough to have a programmatic agreement with the state,” staff said, noting the arrangement covers HUD and HOME-funded work and that having the programmatic agreement “saves a lot of time.”
Staff reported 17 projects in 2025 were national-register eligible and about 99 projects did not require full review. Staff described common project types — roofs, furnaces, lead-paint remediation and critical home repairs — and said much of the commission’s time is spent guiding property owners through program rules and compliance rather than the paperwork itself.
What’s next: Staff will continue in-house reviews and provide guidance to applicants; commissioners asked follow-up questions about timelines for more complex projects and were reminded that national-register-eligible work often requires additional documentation and state coordination.
