R2001-92 AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF GRANT APPLICATION

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ECONOMIC AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT MEMOR.ANDUM No. 01-41 , May 9,2001 TO: Honorable Mayor Terry M.Howley and City Council Members FROM: Steve Garma � Manager � A. J.Krieger, istant City Manager� Steve Van Stee uyse,AICP,Plamm�g Manage�f,lj Kathy J.Miller,AICP,Planner ��y�./ � I'' SUBJECT: Illinois Historic Preservation Agency Grant Application SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the resolution authorizing the grant application for survey. BACKGROiJND: Upon City Council approval, the attached resolutions will authorize the filing of a (second round) United States Department of the Interior's Historic Preservation Grants-in-Aid (60/40 match) with the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. As a Certified Local Government City with the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, the City signed an agreement to survey properties in Decatur on a continuing basis. Previous surveys have been completed in the Near West, Millikin Home and Millikin University Neighborhoods. Two other surveys have been completed in a portion of the West End Neighborhood. The grant will provide funding for a consultant to survey an area in the West End Neighborhood as follows: East and West Court Manor Place, Edgewood Court and Victoria Avenue between West Main Street and Fairview Park; the area bound by South Linden Avenue, West Forest Avenue, Dennis Avenue and West Main Street; and West Decatur Street and West Forest Street from South Fairview Avenue to South Westlawn Avenue. Survey is a planned HASC activity for the 2001-2002 fiscal year. Compiled surveys are available for viewing at the Decatur Public Library. Not all areas surveyed in the city will be eligible for National or Local Landmark or Historic District designation; however, the West End area does have potential for Historic District designation. National Register Historic District designation is currently proposed for a portion of the West End Neighborhood with the support of the West End Neighborhood Association. POTENTIAL OBJECTIONS: There are no known objectors to the survey. INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: The Historical and Architectural Sites Commission unanimously approved the submittal of a grant for survey at the March 21 meeting. STAFF REFERENCES: If Council members have questions they may contact Kathy Miller at 424-2786. BUDGET/TIME IMPLICATIONS: The proposed total budget for the survey is $14,300. The federal match for the grant is $8585; the City match is $5720 that is budgeted in the HASC (CDBG funded) budget. If funding is granted,the project is schedule for completion by March 15, 2002.