VI. OLD BUSINESS a. PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENT

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10/16/2020 Page 11 VIII. PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND INVOLVEMENT Each year the City shall notify the public of its current HUD programs and make available for public inspection documentation related to these programs. This documentation shall include: A. Types of activities undertaken with program funds during the prior year and activities projected for the current year. B. Information on identified historic properties that might be affected and the location of said properties. C. Funding level for the current program year. D. The way in which interested persons can obtain additional information on programs and advise the City, HUD, the Indiana SHPO, or the ACHP of any concerns they might have relative to program effects on historic properties. Notwithstanding the foregoing and to the extent permitted by Section 304 of the NHPA, Section 9(a) of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA) (16 U.S.C. §470aa-470mm), the Indiana Access to Public Records Act (I.C. §5-14-3), and any other applicable laws, the City shall not disclose information that is deemed confidential or otherwise not subject to public disclosure. In so doing, the City shall, to the extent required by 36 C.F.R. §800.2(c)(2)(ii)(A) and (E) and permitted by I.C. §5-14-3, abide by the interested American Indian tribes' requests regarding the confidentiality of information disclosed during consultations performed pursuant to this Agreement. IX. MONITORING AND OVERSIGHT A. The Indiana SHPO shall provide technical assistance, consultation, and advice as requested by the City in order to assist in carrying out the terms of this programmatic agreement. B. Documentation of all work undertaken in the HUD programs shall be retained by the City and available to the Indiana SHPO. The City shall submit a brief, written report to the Indiana SHPO and all invited signatories hereto on an annual basis, by January 31 of the following year, summarizing HUD-funded activities covered by the programmatic agreement; including information of how the City has evaluated historic resources and applied the Secretary of Interior’s Standards (as necessary) to projects and updates to the IHSSI for St. Joseph County and the IHSSI for the City of South Bend. The Indiana SHPO may request documentation be submitted or make a site visit to review the work outside of the annual reporting with reasonable notice. C. This Annual Report shall include: 1. a list of projects, categorized by name, exempt status, whether or not a historic property was involved, the address and IHSSI site number of any historic properties involved, determination of effect 2. the views of the City regarding the effectiveness of the Programmatic Agreement