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Approving a FY25 Budget Adjustment to the Development and Community Services Department for the Implementation of a United States National Park Service Historic Revitalization Grant Program
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WHEREAS, The Kane County Historic Preservation Ordinance (Ord 88-89)
Article 1, Purpose and Intent, Part C) To stabilize and improve the economic vitality and value of designated landmarks and preservation districts in particular and of the County of Kane in general; Part E) To protect and enhance the County’s attractions to tourists and visitors and to support and provide stimulus to business and industry; Part F) To strengthen the economy of the County of Kane; and
WHEREAS, the Kane County Historic Preservation Plan, (November 1989), Goal 5 states, "Improve the economy of Kane County by encouraging expenditures for restoration work, adaptively reusing buildings to improve local economies, and promoting tourism related to historic resources" and Goal 3 states, "Retain as a working group those elements of the County's farm landscape, such as farmsteads, fence- rows, and cropland, that contribute to the aesthetics, historic character, and economy of the agricultural areas"; and
WHEREAS, Kane County was awarded a Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grant by the National Park Service (NPS) in the amount of $750,000 to administer a three-year sub-grant program to revitalize historic buildings in the rural areas of the county; and
WHEREAS, Kane County will commit $50,000 of Development Department staff time as in-kind match towards the project; and
WHEREAS, Kane County will use the awarded funds to provide sub-grants to eligible rural historic building rehabilitation projects, hire historic preservation consultants when necessary for assistance with National Register applications and for legal expenses incurred obtaining required easements, covenants, or preservation agreements; and
WHEREAS, the requested budget adjustment will cover the anticipated cost of executing Paul Bruhn Revitalization grant activities as proposed for the remainder of FY25; and
WHEREAS, the revised Development Department budget for Fund 407 Quality of Kane Grants for FY25 will increase by Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Kane County Board approves the FY25 budget adjustments described below and authorizes the Director of Development and Community Services Department and the County Board Chairwoman to sign the NPS grant and associated partnership agreements as required:
$250,000 407.690.000.33670 Grants - Federal NPS Grant
$250,000 407.690.724.50150 Contractual/Consulting Services
Line Item: 407.690.xxx.xxxxx
Line Item Description: Multiple new project sub department lines listed above
Was Personnel/Item/Service approved in original budget or a subsequent budget revision? No
Are funds currently available for this Personnel/Item/Service in the specific line item? No
If funds are not currently available in the specified line item, where are the funds available?
$250,000 407.690.000.33670 Grants - Federal NPS Grant
Passed by the Kane County Board on March 11, 2025.
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John A. Cunningham, MBA, JD, JD Corinne M. Pierog MA, MBA
Clerk, County Board Chairman, County Board
Kane County, Illinois Kane County, Illinois
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