2007-069 RES-Authorizing the submission of a grant application to the Texas Historical Commission for a certified local government grant to fund the completion and sublication of design standards for the Historic Districts of the City of Paris.

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RESOLUTION N0. Z001-069 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION 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; AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS; ACCEPTING SAID GRANT AWARD UPON NOTICE THEREOF; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR ACCEPTANCE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SAID GRANT UPON NOTICE THEREOF; ACCEPTING THE PROPOSAL OF MAIN STREET ARCHITECTS FOR COMPLETION OF SAID DESIGN STANDARDS AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, 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; and, WHEREAS, because of the considerable importance comprehensive design standards play in helping both the Historic Preservation Commission and property owners undertaking preservation projects, the Texas Historical Commission, Visionaries in Preservation Program, previously awarded the City of Paris a Texas Preservation Trust Fund Grant in the amount of $7,300.00 to further develop the existing Guidelines, with the required cash match of $7,300.00 being provided by the Martha, David, and Bagby Lennox Foundation; and, WHEREAS, upon award of said Visionaries Grant to improve upon the Guidelines, 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, it requested and received a modification to the grant to expand the project to include guidelines for both districts up through a draft form; and, WHEREAS, Main Street Architects has completed the draft Standards and submitted the same to the Historic Preservation Commission on March 12, 2007, thus completing the project funded under the Visionaries Grant; and, WHEREAS, Main Street Architects has submitted a proposal to develop the Design Standards into a final version in the amount of $8,000.00, and it is estimated that the cost of publishing those Standards to both written format in an adequate number and to the City's website will be $7,000.00; and,