HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - College Heights Intensive and Architectural Survey RESOLUTION NO. 08-050
RESOLUTION APPROVING GRANT AGREEMENT FOR
COLLEGE HEIGHTS INTENSIVE AND ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY
FOR THE CITY OF AMES,IOWA
WHEREAS, on August 28, 2007,the Council directed staff to submit a Certified Local Grant(C.G.)
application to the State Historical Society of Iowa to fund an Intensive and Architectural Survey of the College
Heights neighborhood; and,
WHEREAS,on December 5,2007,the City of Ames received notice from the State Historical Society
of Iowa that the grant application was approved for funding in the requested amount of$17,145; and,
WHEREAS,an intensive survey,as the name implies,is designed to identify and describe the historic
resources precisely and complete,and it involves a thorough inspection of all historic resources identified within
the survey boundaries, and detailed background research into the history of the properties, events,and people
associated with them, and an evaluation of their significance; and,
WHEREAS, a completed intensive survey will provide a solid basis for work on a National Register
nomination for the particular resource; and,
WHEREAS,the principle investigator for the intensive survey will be the project consultant,who must
be an historian or architectural history consultant approved by the State Historical Society of Iowa; and,
WHEREAS, a Request for Proposal (RFP) and consultant subcontract will be prepared by staff and
approved by the State Historic Preservation Office; and,
WHEREAS,the RFP must be sent to no fewer than three consultants,and each proposal submitted to
the City will then be reviewed and a qualified consultant will be hired to conduct the survey; and,
WHEREAS, project volunteers will perform duties delegated by the consultant, including, but not
limited to, conducting research photographing properties, working with digital photographic files and prints,
writing up architectural descriptions and historical information on surveyed properties,completing data entry
for site inventory forms,and compiling electronic information into an historic resources database form for future
use and distribution.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames,Iowa,that the State
Historical Society of Iowa Grant-in-Aid Agreement for the College Heights Intensive and Architectural Survey,
Phase I, is hereby approved.
ADOPTED THIS 26"'day of February, 2008.
Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, May
Introduced by: Mahayni
Seconded by: Goodman
Voting aye: Doll, Goodman, Larson,Mahayni,Popken,Rice
Voting nay: None Absent: None
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 26th day of February, 2008.