HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Awarding Downtown Facade Grants for Spring FY 2023-24 RESOLUTION NO. 24-380
RESOLUTION AWARDING DOWNTOWN FACADE GRANTS
FOR SPRING FISCAL YEAR 2023-24
FOR THE CITY OF AMES,IOWA
WHEREAS, the Downtown Fagade Grant Program was introduced in 2000 to facilitate
private improvements to downtown retail and other commercial storefronts. The City Council
annually budgets $75,000 as matching funds for eligible projects. The program has allowed for up
to $23,000 of dollar-for-dollar matching funds per front facade and up to $2,000 for additional
architectural services. This program is available to property owners within the area generally
described as from 61h Street to the railroad tracks,Duff Avenue to Northwestern Avenue,and along
Kellogg Avenue to Lincoln Way; and,
WHEREAS, the summer grant round is intended to provide funding for new projects with
one grant per building. The second round is intended to fund both new projects and potentially
second facades for properties that have previously received a grant; and,
WHEREAS, two grant requests were considered. The first was an application for a single-
story building at 616 5th Street.The building,formerly home to Fifth Street Dental,was constructed
in 1955 in a mid-century modern style. The applicant proposed to remodel the building into a
restaurant, which would include remodeling and re-configuring the interior as well as adding an
outdoor seating area on the east side. As this building is not a traditional "Main Street" typology,
it is eligible for a grant under the "Other Fagades" section of the Downtown Design Guidelines;
and,
WHEREAS, the second request was an application for the building at 330 Main Street,
with the adjacent building at 328 Main Street, which is home to Town Center. Town center has
multiple tenant spaces, and the buildings together received a facade grant in 2013 for significant
changes to the Main Street facing facades. As the request was for the facade that faces the original
right-of-way for Burnett Avenue, staff determined the request to be eligible.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa,
that Downtown Fagade Grants for spring Fiscal Year 2024-25 is hereby approved as follows:
• 616 5th Street for$23,000 in estimated eligible costs for a new facade and new windows
and$2,000 in design fees.
• 330 Main Street for $23,000 for ten new windows, subject to the condition that the
brick veneer and windowsill be repaired and that the facade be stabilized.
ADOPTED THIS 25th day of June, 2024.
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Renee kall, City Clerk John A. Haila, Mayor
Introduced by: Betcher
Seconded by: Rollins
Voting aye: Beatty-Hansen, Betcher, Corrieri, Gartin, Junck, Rollins
Voting nay: None Absent: None
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 251h day of June, 2024.