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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Campustown Facade Grant for 103 Stanton Avenue (Cranford Building) RESOLUTION NO. 16-229 RESOLUTION APPROVING CAMPUSTOWN FACADE GRANT FOR 103 STANTON AVENUE FOR THE CITY OF AMES WHEREAS,the Campustown Facade Program was developed to enhance the appearance of Campustown commercial buildings, fulfilling the City Council's objective of supporting Campustown; and, WHEREAS, the goal of the proposed Campustown Facade Program is to promote diverse building styles and increased activity and commercial use, and this program supports enriching the individual detail and character of each building within the context of a pedestrian-oriented commercial district; and, WHEREAS, the City Council identified the Campustown Service Center zoning district south of the ISU Campus and Neighborhood Commercial zoning district on West Street as the areas within which properties are eligible for project grants; and, WHEREAS,this program involves a review of grant applications once per year,and includes up to $15,000 of matching funds per facade, and each project may be awarded up to two facade grants, totaling $30,000 with each grant being scored independently; and, WHEREAS,the program also includes the allowance for up to$2,000 in additional funding for design fees when a project includes a licensed design professional; and, WHEREAS, a project must have a commercial use on the ground floor,but upper floors of a building that include residential or commercial uses may be included in a grant request, and facades eligible for funding must be street facing and improvements must be permanent improvements to the facades; and, WHEREAS,the City solicited grant applications for the Campustown program in February with a deadline of early March for submittal of applications; and, WHEREAS, three applications for building facade improvements were submitted for consideration by the Council for a grant award, however, the third application was recently withdrawn; and, WHEREAS, one of the grant applications is for the property at 103 Stanton Avenue for the Cranford Building requesting$15,000 in grant funds with an additional$1,500 in design fees; and, WHEREAS, 103 Stanton Avenue is a corner property along Lincoln Way and Stanton Avenue,and the Lincoln Way facade of this building was awarded a pilot project grant in 2015;and, WHEREAS,the building contains Jeff's Pizza and The Singer Station along its Lincoln Way frontage and Jeff's Pizza along the Stanton frontage,and this building has historical interest because it was designed and constructed in 1922 by the first woman to receive an engineering degree from Iowa State and because it was funded by women faculty and graduate students as their residence; and, WHEREAS,the street level fagade along Stanton is now covered up by wood panels and has windows and doors of a variety of sizes; and, WHEREAS,with the current fagade grant application,the same fagade treatment is proposed with a new layer of brick veneer being applied to the fagade to match the work completed as part of the previous fagade along Lincoln Way and to match the existing brick fagade of the upper floors of the building; and, WHEREAS,doors and windows will be replaced in a similar size and pattern consistent with the design and the Lincoln Way frontage allowing for a minimal increase in transparency for the fagade from the existing condition; and, WHEREAS, wood trim, wood kick plate panels, and other wood elements will be repaired if possible, or if not, replaced with similar wood elements; and, WHEREAS, removal of old cover-up materials, restoration of materials, and replicating original fenestration patterns make the project consistent with the historic design concept; and, WHEREAS,the project estimate submitted for the application shows a total project cost of $76,721,however, after review of the detailed project estimate, it appears some of the project cost includes interior work for the space which would not be counted toward the facade project value for grant funding; and, WHEREAS,based on the values indicated, staff has calculated the project cost for just the exterior fagade work to be approximately$29,017 with an additional$1,500 in design fees,thereby reducing the fagade grant eligibility from the requested$15,000 to approximately$14,500 as 50% of eligible costs; and, WHEREAS, the reduced grant value in the grant request for 103 Stanton Avenue from the requested $16,500 to $16,000 takes into consideration the reduction in the project cost staff calculated for the project. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, that the Campustown Facade Grant in the amount of$16,000 for 103 Stanton Avenue(the Cranford Building) is hereby approved. ADOPTED THIS 261h day of April, 2016. Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor Introduced by: Nelson Seconded by: Corrieri Voting aye: Betcher, Beatty-Hansen, Corrieri, Gartin,Nelson, Orazem Voting nay: None Absent: None Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 261h day of April, 2016.