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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Jill N. Morgan, Planner
DATE: November 1, 2021
SUBJECT:
A Resolution amending resolution R21-082 to allow additional time to submit reimbursement request, which was outlined in Exhibit "A" Historic Preservation Grant Agreement with Chad McDaniel for 448 Wilder Street granted on April 13, 2021 (Chad McDaniel - 21-0909/AU22/1-21.060-HP/GR - JM - Ward 6)
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this Resolution is to move the deadline for contractors to complete work and homeowner to submit the reimbursement requests from December 1, 2021 to December 1, 2022.
BACKGROUND:
Exhibit "A" Historic Preservation Grant Agreements contained Section 7.1 (b) being an owners obligation section requiring the project to be completed in a timely manner in order to allow for the submittal of all reimbursement requests prior to December 1, 2021. Due to labor shortages and supply chain issues, the original contractor the homeowner was going to have complete the work could not guarantee when they would get to the project. Window restoration is a highly specialized field with only a few contractors that service the Aurora area. The homeowner reached out to the few others and could only find one contractor that would guarantee a timeline of this year with completion in Spring. However, the contractor is also the only contractor that was able to do a window restoration project for the Neighborhood Project for a property that is also in the historic district. The deadline for the Neighborhood Project grant is May 2022. A December 2022 deadline would allow both this property and another property in the historic district have a complete window restoration project.
DISCUSSION:
While a longer extension than typically requested, this extension is unique in the difficulty of supply chain for windows and the specialized field of window restoration. It would also leverage additional funding for preservation projects through the Neighborhood Project and foster coll...
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