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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dear Facilities and Business Managers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The Seismic Rehabilitation Grant application period for the next round of funding opens October 2. Please read below for more information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Michael<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Applications for the next round of Seismic Rehabilitation Grant funding, which includes $25 million for school projects and $10 million for emergency service projects, will
be accepted beginning October 2, 2017 and ending January 31, 2018 at 5pm. The goal is to announce the awards by the end of April 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">All of the application materials will be posted on the web site on October 2, 2017:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.orinfrastructure.org/Infrastructure-Programs/Seismic-Rehab/">http://www.orinfrastructure.org/Infrastructure-Programs/Seismic-Rehab/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">There will be another application round scheduled for 2018 which will include $75 million for school projects and $10 million for emergency service projects. Another announcement
will be made with the dates for the 2018 round once the schedule has been finalized.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The maximum grant award for the seismic program has been updated to $2.5 million per building. The department encourages all school retrofits to be designed to seismic
immediate occupancy standards. However, at a minimum, school projects must design the retrofit to seismic life safety standards unless the project is for a shelter (i.e. gym, cafeteria, large common area, etc.) which then must be designed to seismic immediate
occupancy standards. (Please see the guidance on the web site for further clarification.) All emergency service building projects must design the retrofit to seismic immediate occupancy standards in order to be eligible for the grant.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">If you have any questions please contact Gloria Zacharias, the Seismic Program and Policy Coordinator, at (503) 986-0132 or
<a href="mailto:Gloria.Zacharias@oregon.gov">Gloria.Zacharias@oregon.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Roboto Slab"">Gloria Zacharias, PCED</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Roboto Slab""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Roboto Slab"">Program and Policy Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Roboto Slab"">Business Oregon | </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.oregon4biz.com/"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Roboto Slab"">www.oregon4biz.com</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Roboto Slab""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Roboto Slab"">(503) 986-0132 office<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Roboto Slab"">775 Summer St. NE, Suite 200<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Roboto Slab"">Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.oregon4biz.com/"><span style="font-family:"Roboto Slab";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="175" height="52" style="width:1.8229in;height:.5416in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D3377E.85B53A50" alt="cid:image002.png@01D2669B.DE2B2820"></span></a><span style="font-family:"Roboto Slab""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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