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Home My WebLink AboutRES 89-238 R E S O L U T I O N BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: THAT the City Manager be, and he is hereby, authorized to submit a grant application by the Historical Landmark Commission for a Certified Local Government Grant for the 1990-1991 year, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" . PASSED BY,� THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 7-)K� day of (/ V 1989. Mayor - peo-7�� DETAILED DISCUSSION OF PROJECT PROPOSAL The City of Beaumont Historical Landmark Commission in it's efforts to preserve Beaumont's physical past and cultural heritage has applied for a Certified Local Government (CLG) Grant. The Historical Landmark Commission has four objectives that this grant is intended to address. Approval of this grant would continue the development of Beaumont's Historic Preservation Plan. The Plan written in 1985-86 was prepared for only a short time frame. The Commission believes it is fundamental to develop a long range comprehensive Historic Resources Management Plan for the City of Beaumont. FIRST OBJECTIVE The first objective is to continue the education of our commissioners and staff. To accomplish this goal the commission is requesting grant support in sending two commissioners and one staff member to the annual state CLG conference in 1990. The goal set last year was to set the stage to encourage the commissioners to attend an educational conference on a reoccurring annual basis. This year the local budget includes funds targeted towards funding 50% of the cost for three persons to attend the annual CLG conference. SECOND OBJECTIVE The 1978 SPARE Beaumont Survey produced about 300 historic structures. Phase I of the SPARE Beaumont Update was conducted during the summer of 1989 as one of the objectives of the 1989 CLG grant for the City of Beaumont. However, the Update covered only a portion of the area surveyed in 1978. Phase I of the Update added about 500 additional properties. As Phase II of a three year project, the Landmark Commission proposes to continue updating the existing SPARE Beaumont survey and inventory that was completed in 1978. The SPARE Beaumont is used as a tool by the citizens of Beaumont, the Landmark Commission, the Beaumont Heritage Society, and numerous persons and firms from outside the city; hence, the existing survey has proven to be an excellent resource over the last decade. As is true in all communities, the stock of historic resources is dynamic and the survey needs to be complete and current and not allowed to become a source of misinformation. As with Phase I of the survey update, Phase II will be a survey and inventory of historic resources based on revised historic contexts. The intensive survey will include archival research, field work and state recording procedures. The survey will continue to resurvey the existing SPARE Beaumont listed properties and will continue to include additional eligible structures. The surveyor will be a qualified professional complying with the states standards. The surveyor will have a summer intern from a graduate program specializing in historic preservation to aid in the research and field work. The surveyor will 04I IT "A° gather and record data on Texas Historic Sites Inventory Forms between May and August of 1990. The forms will be published in-house, except for- special graphics, along with a guide for users to explain historic preservation and the use of historical context. The surveyor will prepare the guide assemble and package the survey for distribution to local, state, and national arenas. Citizens and interested public private organizations will continue to use the updated publication to plan for historic preservation. The anticipated products of the this objective will be a type written Texas Historic Sites Inventory form or its approved equivalent, 35mm negatives accompanied by contact sheets and a complete photo index of all the surveyed sites with proper identification of each view. The final product will include a detailed map for each site, an outline of the surveys purpose and methods, and make recommendations for local, state, and federal historical designations. This final report will be in conformance with the Federal Register, Vol. 48, No. 190. OBJECTIVE THREE The Landmark Commission has established has a third goal to develop a Historic Resources Management Plan, normally called a Historic Preservation Plan. The difference being the choice to specifically "manage" the historic resources in our community and not just note their existence and continued presence. The philosophy of the Landmark Commission'is not to preserve old buildings per se, but to oversee for the public's benefit the overall weli being of the communities historic resources. Therefore, to manage the city's historic resources the commission believes it is necessary to develop a management plan for our historic resources. The existing Beaumont Historic Preservation Plan contains three Phases. All of the outlined Phases have been basically completed. Most important, this Plan never identified the existing historic resources and how to care for them. The Historic Resources Management Plan, HRMP, would bring all the various parts of our local historic programs into focus as an approved element of the city's Comprehensive Plan. The HRMP would not only be adopted by the Landmark Commission, but would be adopted by the Planning Commission and the City Council. The document would, therefore, always be taken into account in the decision making process as the city develops. The HRMP would contain all the features of a normal element of the Comprehensive Plan: issues; principles, concepts and standards; inventory and analysis; goals and objectives; policies and proposals; and implementation. As an element of the city's Comprehensive Plan, it would be necessary to have it reviewed and readopted every two years in order to insure the plan is current with the city's objectives and responsive to its fundamental purpose. In order to develop this Landmark Commission objective, it is proposed to hire a summer intern with a historic and/or planning background to package and draft the document under the guidance of the physical planning staff of the City of Beaumont's Planning Division and a subcommittee of the Landmark Commission. OBJECTIVE FOUR The Landmark Commission has set as a fourth goal for 1990 the development of an educational program for the areas students. Working with the Beaumont Independent School District, BISD, the Landmark Commissioners will develop a 45 minute presentation to be given to the students one class at a time for the target grades, fifth through ninth. The program is intended to use the video and slide program developed several years ago with a CLG grant, a educational learning brochure, to be developed and a prepackaged lecture to allow any commissioner or docent to present the program to a class, including the class's teacher. The video and slide program will need to be edited and brought up to date. It currently is 12 minutes long. The brochure is intended to be about 18" x 24" and folded. The brochure would contain about 12 to 15 pen and ink drawings showing local historic properties with details highlighting the key features as a learning guide. The brochure would also contain a simple written message explaining the history of our area and the historical significance of the various structures in the drawings. The lecture will be carefully prepackaged in a series to address the various grades, but outlined to the level of information that any commissioner, docent or teacher could present the lecture and program. The BISD currently as 7660 student in the fifth through ninth grade. The plan is to present this series during the fall 1990 and spring 1991 school year. The Planning staff and Landmark Commission will develop the brochure, edit the video, package the entire program and present lecture. 'Local architects and artists will be asked to donate the individual graphics to be used in the brochure. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION NATIONAL REGISTER PROGRAMS PRE-APPLICATION BUDGET WORKSHEET CLG Grant 90-91 1. Texas Historical Commission Austin Conference TOTAL $ 920 a. Three persons for 3 days Hotel $60 per day x 3 persons x 3 days 540 Meals $30 per day x 3 persons x 3 days 270 Travel 500 miles x 1 car x 22 cents per mile 110 State's Share $460 City's Share $460 TOTAL $ 920 2. Spare Beaumont Update Phase II TOTAL $10,500 Cost a. Summer Intern Salary $1300 per month x 3 months $ 3,900 Milage 900 miles x 22 cents per mile 200 b. Film (25 roles x $16 per role) 450 c. Supplies 100 d. Printing 350 SUBTOTAL $ 5,000 In-Kind a. Heritage Society Staff (or McFaddin Ward) Professional staff 4 hrs. per wk. x 12 wks. $12.50 per hr. $ 600 b. Heritage Society office space $200 per month x 3 months 600 c. Phone Cost ($25 per month x 3 months) 75 d. City Staff Director -- 2 hrs, per wk. x 12 wks. x $18.5 425 Secretary/Draftsman - 70 hrs./mo. x 3 mo. x $10 hr. 2,100 e. Printing 50 books x 950 pgs. ea. x 3.6 cents per pg. 1.700 SUBTOTAL $ 5,500 3. Historic Resources Management Plan TOTAL $ 8,200 Cost a. Summer Internship Salary $1300 per month x 3 months$ 3,900 Milage 900 x $.225 per mile 200 SUBTOTAL $ 4,100 Local Match (In Kind) a. Staff Planning Director 3 hrs. per wk. x $18.5 per hr. x 12 wk $ 650 Secretary/Draftsman 70 hr. per mo. x 3 mo. x $10 hr 2,100 b. Printing 150 books x 100 pgs. x $.03 450 350 maps x $2.00 ea. 700 c. Supplies 200 SUBTOTAL $ 4,100 4. Education TOTAL $ 9,000 Cost a. Historic brochure for school kids with art printing 10000 brochures x $.43 ea. $ 4,300 SUBTOTAL $ 4,300 In Kind a. Staff Director 1 hr. per wk. x $18.5 x 12 wks. $ 220 Secretary/Draftsman 20 hr. per mo. x 3 mos. x $10 hr 600 Commissioner's 40 hrs. x $10 hr. 400 Local artist and architects 100 hrs. x $34 per hr. 3,400 b. Prepared lecture paper 150 x $.5 80 SUBTOTAL $ 4,700 GRANT TOTALS a. Conference State Funds $ 460 Local Match 460 SUBTOTAL $ 920 b. SPARE Beaumont Update State Funds $ 5,000 Local Match $ 5,500 Subtotal $10,500 c. Preservation Plan State Funds $ 4,100 Local Match $ 4,100 SUBTOTAL $ 8,200 d. Education Program State Funds $ 4,300 Local Match $ 4,700 SUBTOTAL $ 9,000 State Funds TOTALS $28,620 Local Match $13,860$1 4,760