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CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REQUEST MEETING DATE: I July 9, 2007 . Action 0 Discussion o Information o Refer to: SUBMITTED BY: Lisa A. Wright, Director of Community Development DESCRIPTION: Consideration of and action on a resolution authorizing the submission and acceptance (upon notice thereoD of a grant application to the Texas Historical Commission for a Certified Local Government Grant to fund the completion and publication of Design Standards for the Historic Districts of the City of Paris, and accepting the proposal of Main Street Architects for completion of said Design Standards and authorizing the execution of a professional services agreement. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The City of Paris had previously hired a consultant to develop Design Guidelines for the Downtown Historic District; however, after adoption, those Guidelines were found to be extremely difficult to implement because they lacked specificity in several areas. Therefore, it applied for and received funding from both the Texas Historical Commission, Visionaries in Preservation Program, and the Martha, David, and Bagby Lennox Foundation to develop adequate Design Standards, with no matching funds being required by the City. The City originally contracted with Main Street Architects to develop Guidelines for the Commercial Historic District only; however, because the City would still have no guidelines for its residential districts, the Visionaries staff recommended that the grant be modified to expand the project to include guidelines for both districts up through a draft form. Main Street Architects has completed the draft Standards and has submitted a proposal in the amount of $8,000.00 to develop the Standards into final format. It is further estimated that the cost of publishing those Standards to both written format and to the City's website will be $7,000.00 or less. The proposed resolution would authorize the City to make application for a Certified Local Government Grant in the amount of $15,000.00, with $9,000.00 to be provided by grant and $6,000.00 to be provided by local cash match. If the City receives the requested funded, this will be the fourth consecutive year that the City has been awarded CLG funds for local historic preservation-related projects. In the three previous years, the funds have been devoted to updating the Historic Resource Survey. FISCAL AUTHORITY: BUDGETED: YES Account #: GRANT: CLG Account #:01-0351-40-00 BOND I C 0 Account #: Other: See attached for recommended funding LEGAL REVIEW: I iA~~RECOMMENDATION: ,.. '1