R2001-214 AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF GRANT APPLICATION

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ECONOMIC AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT MEMORANDUM No. 01-116 November 8, 2001 TO: Honorable Mayor Terry M. Howley and City Council Members FROM: Steve Garm ity Manager A. J. Krieger, ssistant City Manager Steve Van Steenhuyse, AICP, P annin anag�7 Dane C. Bragg, AICP,Planne� SUBJECT: Illinois Historic Preservation Agency Grant Application -Monument Restoration �I SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the resolution II�� authorizing the grant application for the restoration of the Lincoln the Lawyer and Macon ' County's First Courthouse monuments located on Lincoln Square in Downtown Decatur. ' BACKGROUND: Upon City Council approval, the attached resolutions will authorize the filing of a United States Department of the Interior Historic Preservation Grants-in-Aid (60/40 � match) with the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency (IHPA). As a Certified Local Government ' (CLG) city with the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, the City is qualified to apply for Preservation Funds. This grant would partially fund the restoration of two of Decatur's monuments that were recently assessed for conservation by Andrzej Dajnowski of Conservation of Sculpture and Objects Studio, Chicago. The two monuments identified in this grant applica- tion are eligible for Department of Interior grant funds because they are located within a National Register Historic District. No additional Decatur monuments are located within a designated National Register District. POTENTIAL OBJECTIONS: There are no known objectors to the grant application. INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: None STAFF REFERENCES: If Council members have questions they may contact Dane Bragg at 424-2781 or e-mail dbrag�(�a,decaturnet.org. BUDGET/TIME IMPLICATIONS: The proposed total budget for the restoration is $4,400. The federal match for the grant is $2,640; the City match is $1,760 and is budgeted in the HASC (CDBG funded)budget. The project is scheduled for Summer, 2002. ,