HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-114-08/02/1994-HISTORIC LANDMARKS LANDMARK REHABILITATION GRANT RESOLUTION 94-114
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
ESTABLISHING A LANDMARK REHABILITATION GRANT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Goals and Objectives Section of the City of Fort Collins'
Comprehensive Plan ("the "Comprehensive Plan") directs the City to encourage the
protection and preservation of architecturally or historically significant
buildings; and
WHEREAS, on August 21, 1990, the City Council adopted Resolution 90-104,
directing the Landmark Preservation Commission (LPC) and City staff to prepare
for subsequent presentation to the City Council a process and criteria for
evaluating historic buildings and a procedural mechanism for effecting the
preservation of these structures; and
WHEREAS, on November 16, 1993, the Council adopted Resolution 93-171
approving for incorporation into the Comprehensive Plan a Historic Resources
Preservation Program Plan ("the Plan") ; and
WHEREAS, an important element of the Comprehensive Plan is the
establishment of a Landmark Rehabilitation Grant Program, which would enable the
City to offer financial support of the preservation of historic structures within
the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes that the establishment of such a
program, to be known as the "Landmark Rehabilitation Grant Program" would be in
the best interests of the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
as follows:
Section 1 . That there is hereby established a Landmark Rehabilitation
Grant Program (the "Program") for the calendar year 1994, to be administered as
described below.
Section 2. That the purpose of the Program is to increase the quality,
integrity and permanence of the city's stock of historic landmarks for the
enjoyment and benefit of present and future generations of citizens of the city
by making available to the owners of locally designated landmarks or contributing_
structures in local landmark districts a source of funding for exterior
rehabilitation of such structures.
Section 3. That the Council of the City has hereby finds that the Program
promotes a valid public purpose.
Section 4. That the City Manager is hereby authorized to establish and
administer the Program for the awarding of grants for the rehabilitation of local
landmark structures and/or contributing structures in local landmark districts,
which grants shall not exceed the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars
($2,500. ) for residential rehabilitation projects or five thousand dollars
($5,000) for commercial rehabilitation projects; provided, however, that the City
Council may, by ordinance or resolution, authorize the awarding of larger grants.
All grants shall be funded solely from those funds held by the City for the
financial support of the Program in the General Fund, and all grants shall be
expressly contingent upon the availability of sufficient funds to support the
grant.
Section 5. That the City Manager is hereby authorized to promulgate
procedural rules and regulations for the efficient administration of the Program.
Section 6. That no Landmark Rehabilitation Grant shall be awarded unless
the following criteria and requirements have been met:
(a) All grant recipients shall provide matching funds in an amount
at least equal to the amount of the grant.
(b) Grant funds may be expended only for rehabilitation of the
exterior of a locally designated landmark structure or
contributing structure in a local landmark district. No
interior improvements may be purchased utilizing city grant
funds.
(c) The matching funds provided by the grant recipient may be
utilized only for exterior rehabilitation of the subject
property, stabilization of the structure, and/or the
rehabilitation of electrical , heating- or plumbing_ systems.
Neither grant nor matching funds shall be used for the
installation of or rehabilitation of signage, interior
rehabilitation or decoration, building additions or the
addition of architectural or decorative elements which were
not part of the original structure.
(d) ATT rehabilitation work must be performed in accordance with
the requirements of Article III of Chapter 14 of the City Code
and the Secretary of the Interior Standards for Historic
Preservation.
(e) No grant money shall be disbursed until after the recipient
has completed the work, and the work has been approved by the
City Manager and the grant recipient has documented the cost
of the work by submitting to the city copies of all bill
invoices, work orders and/or such other documentation showing,
to the satisfaction of the city, that the funds requested are
reasonable and are supported by actual proof of expense.
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(f) Grant recipients shall , as a condition of the grant, allow the
city to place a sign upon the property being rehabilitated
stating that such rehabilitation has been funded, in part,
throuoh the Citv of Fort Collins Landmark Rehabilitation Grant
Program. No Landmark Rehabilitation Grant shall be awarded
unless the City Manager (or in cases of grants exceeding the
maximum amounts established herein, the City Council ) first
determines that:
(1) the applicant has demonstrated an effort to return the
structure to its original appearance;
(2) it is in the best interests of the public welfare that
the structure proposed to be rehabilitated be preserved
for future generations; and
(3) the amount proposed to be spent on the exterior
rehabilitation of the structure is reasonable under the
circumstances.
Passed arid- adopted at a regular- meek-ny oT thg Counci l of the Ci-ty of Fort
Collins held this 2nd day of August, A.D. 1994.
Mayor
TTEST:
City Clerk
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