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HomeMy WebLinkAbout76771 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 sM M M M4r RESOLUTION NO. 7,677 M M M M A RESOLUTION OF THE LITTLE ROCK BOARD OF DIRECTORS ENDORSING CITY PARTICIPATION IN THE CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND TO PROVIDE MATCHING GRANT FUNDS NECESSARY TO UNDERTAKE SURVEY WORK TO IDENTIFY HISTORIC STRUCTURES. 415 WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary and desirable and in furtherance of the public interest and welfare to preserve and protect and to encourage private efforts to restore, preserve and protect numerous sites and structures of historic and architectural interest and significance in the City of Little Rock; and WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock has been accepted into the Certified Local Government Program which makes matching grant funds available to.promote the preservation of historic sites, structures, objects, buildings and historic districts by establishing a partnership between the local government and the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program; and WHEREAS, there are areas within the City that contain significant structures and buildings that have not been surveyed and are therefore not eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places, and therefore are not eligible for investment tax credits to encourage their preservation and restoration; and WHEREAS, the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program and the Quapaw Quarter Association have agreed to assist the City in documenting these structures and buildings that are historic or 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 sMM Mm4rMMMM 416 architecturally distinctive which should be preserved, maintained and protected. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS: SECTION 1. The Little Rock Board of Directors hereby endorses the City's participation in the Certified Local Government Program by committing to the project $3,750.00 in previously appropriated funds and also contributing approximately $2,100.00 of in -kind volunteer assistance to be matched with $15,000.00 from the United States Department of Interior for the purpose of structure surveys in the areas of the Governor's Mansion Neighborhood and the Heights /Hillcrest Neighborhood of the City of Little Rock. ADOPTED: November 4, 1986 ATTEST: CIA CLERK. JANE CZECH MARK STODOLA, CITY ATTORNEY E APPROVED: ACTING MAYOR TOM MILTON