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Home My WebLink About97-142 Resolution No. 97-142 RESOLUTION APPROVING GRANT RECIPIENTS UNDER THE HISTORIC ARCHITECTURAL REHABILITATION GRANT PROGRAM WHEREAS, the Historic Architectural Rehabilitation Grant Program has been established to provide financial assistance and incentives for property owners in Elgin' s historic districts and individual landmarks in the restoration of their properties; and WHEREAS, in 1997 applications have been made for thirty projects under the Historic Architectural Rehabilitation Grant Program; and WHEREAS, said applications have been reviewed and recipients selected by the City Council . NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS, that grant assistance be provided under the Historic Architectural Rehabilitation Grant Program to the following properties: Grant Address Owner Allocation 403 Division Street Marilyn Krug $10,000 514 Douglas Avenue William T. Barnes $10, 000 34 N. Porter Street Jacquelin Settipani $10,000 552 E . Chicago Street Daniel Skaggs $10,000 1100 N. Spring Street Dorothy Burns $ 5,617 21 N. Porter Street Robin Leabhart $10,000 560 Douglas Avenue Steve McCracken $10, 000 927 Douglas Avenue Richard Van Acker $ 5,456 820 Douglas Avenue Leonard Zannini $10, 000 543-45 E. Chicago Street Daren Wagner $ 7, 995 126 Hill Avenue Gabino Parez $ 3, 150 903 Douglas Avenue Jeff Gocken $ 4,289 Total Eligible Projects $96,507 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the projects shall be in conformance with all applicable codes and ordinances . s/ Kevin Kelly Kevin Kelly, Mayor Presented: May 28, 1997 Adopted: May 28, 1997 Omnibus Vote: Yeas 7 Nays 0 Attest: s/ Dolonna Mecum Dolonna Mecum, City Clerk . ~ Agenda Item No. El — City of Elgin May 2, 1997 TO: Mayor and Members of the City Council FROM: Robert O. Malm, Interim City Manager SUBJECT: Historic Architectural Rehabilitation Grant Program - 1997 PURPOSE The purpose of this memorandum is to provide the Mayor and members of the City Council with information to approve the 1997 Historic Architectural Rehabilitation Grant Program recipients . BACKGROUND SELECTION OF GRANT RECIPIENTS The Historic Architectural Rehabilitation Grant Program provides incentives to residential property owners to promote exterior rehabilitation work. Eligible properties are either in the City's locally designated historic districts or are a designated historic landmark. In its third year, the program again matches private investment with City funds up to $10,000 per project. Bilingual letters announcing the 1997 program were mailed to over 1,000 residents and property owners in the Elgin Historic District and the Spring/Douglas Historic District. These letters invited potential applicants to discuss projects with the Historic Preservation Specialist to ensure completeness of applications . Through this revised process, even though the number of applications submitted was less than the previous year, applications received were of high quality. Only eight applications were found to be ineligible, compared to 18 the previous year. The number of meetings by the Elgin Heritage Commission for review of applications was also cut, expediting the process. The following criteria were used to evaluate and score submitted applications. Maximum points for each criterion are indicated in parenthesis : few 1 . Current historic significance of the structure (20) 2. Proposed work to the structure - restoration work to primary facades scored higher than continuing maintenance (30) Historic Architectural Rehabilitation Grant May 5, 1997 Page 2 3. Visibility within the neighborhood - Corner lot properties are scored higher ( 10) 4 . Location within the neighborhood - located on an arterial street versus a local street ( 10) 5. Cost of the project - larger projects score higher (20) 6 . Occupancy - owner occupied versus rental property ( 10) SUMMARY OF GRANT APPLICATIONS The following statistics show the continued high level of interest on the part of property owners in making improvements through program participation. 1997 1996 Total number of grant applications received 30 49 ( 15 from the Elgin Historic District, 14 from the Spring/Douglas Historic District, 1 is a designated landmark) Total number of applications eligible for the grant 22 27 (applications surpassing the minimum allowable few threshold of 40 points) Number of applications not eligible for the grant 8 18 (Reasons : scored below the allowable threshold on the Criteria for Selection of properties for the grant; nonresidential properties; incomplete applications) Number of applications withdrawn 0 4 Total number Of recommended grant recipients 12 13 (allowed by the total program allocation of $100,000) Before disbursement of funds, recipients will be required to furnish all documentation required by the City and the Elgin Heritage Commission on their projects and sign an agreement to fulfill the requirements of the grant program. Selected applicants will have 18 months after signing the agreements to complete the project. If any of the recommended recipients of the grant are unable to fulfill the requirements of the program, it is suggested that the next eligible application on the list be chosen and awarded the grant. Program goals include highlighting unique historical /* and architectural features, not basic minimum code compliance. One. of the program requirements is that properties be compliant with building codes on the interior and exterior prior to receiving City reimbursement. Only 2 of the 12 selected recipients of the grant currently have exterior property maintenance code violations cases active. Historic Architectural Rehabilitation Grant May 5, 1997 rft Page 3 The following table summarizes the names and addresses of the grant applications received, the points scored using the objective selection criteria approved by City Council, the total project cost estimate, and the maximum allocated grant amount. 1997 Program Eligibility List Address Owner points Cost Allocation 50%/10,000max 1 .403 Division St Marilyn Krug 86 $20,385 $10,000 2 .514 Douglas Ave William T. Barnes 83 20, 150 10,000 3 . 34 N Porter St Jacquelin Settipani 72 21, 316 10,000 4 .552 E Chicago St Daniel Skaggs 68 20,000 10,000 5 . 1100 N Spring St Dorothy Burns 65 11,234 5,617 6 .21 N Porter St Robin Leabhart 64 35,000 10,000 7 .560 Douglas Ave Steve McCracken 63 20,000 10,000 8 .927 Douglas Ave Richard Van Acker 60 10,912 5,456 9 .820 Douglas Ave Leonard Zannini 58 23,600 10,000 10 .543-45 E Chicago Daren Wagner 56 15,989 7 ,995 11 . 126 Hill Ave Gabino Parez 56 6,300 3,150 12 . 903 Douglas Ave Jeff Gocken 53 8,578 4 ,289 Total Eligible Projects ($100,000 funding) $213,464 $96,507 13 . 606 N Spring St Andreas Flores 53 21,250 10,000 14 .519-21 Douglas Maria Flores 53 22,300 10,000 15.809 Douglas Ave Glen Murphy 49 12,000 6,000 16 .472 Division St Carol Johnstone 48 5,730 2,865 17 . 379 Prairie St Fil Martinez 48 15, 120 7,560 18.464 Douglas Ave Joseph Karakas 46 12,000 6,000 19 . 138 Hill Ave Susan Willett 46 17,200 8,600 20 .22 N Chapel St Jessie Vasquez 43 8,600 4,300 21. 18 N Porter St Elayne Murdock 43 7 ,642 3,821 22 .207 Hill Ave Ernest Laseman 40 10,000 5,000 Total $131,842 $64, 146 Applications scored below the required minimum 23.844 N Spring ST Dennis Dee 36 10,430 5,215 Total $10,430 $ 5,215 Grand total $355,736 $165,868 Ineligible Applications 24 . 307-11 DuPage St Baudelia Padilla 9-unit property 25. 312 Watch St School Dist. U-46 Non-residential 26 .569 Lillie St Jose Sifuentes Incomplete 27 . 376 Park ST Neal Draznin Incomplete 28 .555 Douglas Ave Albert Scruggs Incomplete 29 .706 Douglas Ave Adella Bedwell Incomplete 30.900 Douglas Ave Karen Terras Incomplete Historic Architectural Rehabilitation Grant May 5, 1997 Page 4 The applications not selected to receive funding from this grant program will continue to receive technical assistance from the City and will be be encouraged to apply for alternate funding programs like the Residential Rehabilitation Grant program. COMMUNITY GROUPS/INTERESTED PERSONS CONTACTED The Elgin Heritage Commission Design Review Subcommittee completed an exhaustive review of all the applications beginning in April to review each application. The Commission concurs with the grant recipients recommended. VFINANCIAL IMPACT The project has a 1997 fiscal year budget of $100,000 . Expenditures from this program will be charged to the Elgin Riverboat Fund (account number 275-0000-791-78-99, Project Number 157100) where sufficient funds exist. Each subsequent year of the Five-Year Financial Plan also has $100, 000/year budgeted for a total $400,000 in public funds providing a minimum $400,000 in private investment for 1997-2000 . This grant program will generate a total of $213,464 in investment for exterior rehabilitation activity to structures w within Elgin' s historic districts and/or landmarks . kLEGAL IMPACT None. ALTERNATIVES Alternatives are to fund the program or reject the recommended grant awards . • Historic Architectural Rehabilitation Grant May 5, 1997 elk Page 5 RECOMMENDATION The Elgin Heritage Commission and staff recommend that the City Council approve the grant recipient eligibility list and requests the staff to execute the grant agreements . Respectfully Submitted, Clay arson, Director Code :dministration and eig borhood Affairs I i `^4`- Rob=rt 0. Malm Interim City Manager em- tow