Summary Sheet- RFCA SUMMARY

CITY OF TEMPE
Meeting Date: 2/5/2026  
REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
Agenda Item:
ACTION:  Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to sign the City of Tempe-State Historic 
Preservation Office Programmatic Agreement regarding Department of Housing and Urban 
Development-funded projects. (Resolution No. R2026.16)
FISCAL IMPACT:  None
RECOMMENDATION:  Adopt Resolution No. R2026.16.
 
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:  In collaboration with the State Historic Preservation Office, the 
City of Tempe (City) Historic Preservation Office (HPO) has drafted a programmatic agreement (PA) 
pertaining to program activities funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 
(HUD). The purpose of the PA is to assist in identifying, facilitating, and streamlining consultation 
associated with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 required for HUD-funded 
programs and program activities that qualify as federal undertakings. This PA shall be especially useful, 
since HUD has typically called upon the City to act as Responsible Entity (RE) for programs and program 
activities within Tempe for which HUD has provided federal funding, including Community Development 
Block Grant (CDBG), CHOICE Neighborhood, HOME funds, and Public Housing Authority Operating 
and Capital Funds. The City HPO and State Historic Preservation Office has reviewed the draft PA and 
finds this document to be adequate and in compliance with federal and state guidelines and standards. 
The HPO initiated a 30-day consultation period on December 1, 2025, with Affiliated Tribes, SHPO, and 
Arizona State Museum, requesting feedback on the draft PA. The HPO received five responses and 
incorporated input, when possible, into a revised draft PA. If and when Tempe Council passes the 
resolution adopting the PA, the HPO will initiate a final round of required Section 106 consultation to 
secure the signatures of Tribes and agencies who wish to be included as concurring parties to the PA. 
Agencies and Tribes that do not sign onto the PA will still receive consultation mandated under the PA 
unless they request otherwise.
Once the 30-day consultation period concludes, the HPO will forward the signed PA to the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation, a federal agency in Washington, DC, to “execute” the PA, which will 
place the PA into effect.
ATTACHMENTS:    
1. CC_ATTACH_RESOLUTION 2026.XX AUTHORIZING COT-SHPO HUD PA 02052026.DOCX
2. CC_ATTACH_HUD PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENT_020526.DOCX
STAFF CONTACT(S):  Zachary Lechner, Historic Preservation Officer, 480-350-8870
Department Director:  Jeff Tamulevich, Community Development Director  
Legal review by:  Eric Anderson, City Attorney
Prepared by:  Zachary Lechner, Historic Preservation Officer

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