Title
Approval to Accept and Disburse an Arizona State Parks & Trails Historic Preservation Heritage Fund Grant for Fiscal Year 2024 - State Funding (Ordinance S-51158)
Description
This report requests authorization for the City Manager, or his designee, to accept rehabilitation grant funds for the historically designated Seargeant-Oldaker House located at 649 N 3rd Ave., provided by the Arizona State Parks & Trails Historic Preservation Heritage Fund Grant. Further request authorization for the City Treasurer to accept, and for the City Controller to disburse, all funds related to this item.
Report
Summary
The City of Phoenix was awarded an Arizona State Parks & Trails Historic Preservation Heritage Fund Grant in the amount of $324,329 to rehabilitate the historic Seargeant-Oldaker House. The house was constructed in 1909 and was listed in the National and Phoenix historic property registers as a significant local example of Craftsman-style architecture and for its association with prominent Phoenician Elizabeth Seargeant-Oldaker. The building, which had previously been slated for demolition, will now be relocated on the property, set on a new foundation, stabilized, and rehabilitated for adaptive reuse as a restaurant. The relocation would allow for new multi-use development on the property and provide for long-term preservation of the building through a conservation easement.
The total estimated project cost is $1,350,645, with the City to provide $400,000 in Phil Gordon Threatened Building Grant funds, the Historic Preservation Heritage Fund providing $324,329, and the applicant, 649 3rd Ave. Partners, LLC, authorized agent of owner Shadley AZ Investments, LLC, paying the $626,316 balance.
The City applied for the grant since the property is privately owned. Private property owners may not apply directly for Heritage Fund grants but may receive funds as a third party through an eligible third-party applicant.
Financial Impact
The City’s costs would not exceed $400,000 available from the Historic Preservation Office program budget for grants and subsidies under the classification of the Phil Gordon Threatened Building Program.
State grant funding received is available through the State Legislature under Arizona Revised Statutes 41-503 Historic Preservation Heritage Fund Fiscal Year 2024 grant opportunity.
Concurrence/Prior Action
- The City Council approved Resolution 22179 to apply for the grant funding on Jan. 3, 2024.
- The City Council approved use of Phil Gordon Threatened Building grant funding for the Seargeant-Oldaker House (Ordinance S-50560) on Feb. 7, 2024.
Location
649 N. 3rd Ave.
Council District: 7
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Alan Stephenson and the Planning and Development Department.