Title
Exterior Rehabilitation Grant for 306 W. Almeria Road (Ordinance S-45457)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into necessary agreements and conveyances with Billy Shields and Lora Villasenor related to a Historic Preservation Exterior Rehabilitation grant of up to $10,000 for the property located at 306 W. Almeria Road in the Willo Historic District. Further request authorization for the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item.
Report
Summary
The historic adobe residence at 306 W. Almeria Road was built in 1937. The Transitional/Early Ranch-style building displays several stylistic influences, combining a Monterey porch and roof form, a French Provincial bay window, and Classical pilasters. The building was listed in the Phoenix Historic Property Register in 1990 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 as a contributor to the Willo Historic District.
The former owner of the building, Wayne W. Chaney, purchased the property in 1980 and resided there until his death in January of 2019. The building experienced deferred maintenance that proposed owners Billy Shields and Lora Villasenor (currently under contract) are looking to rectify. The applicants are proposing to repair existing deteriorated exterior wood elements, repair/patch cracks in existing stucco, prep and paint the exterior of the home, and re-roof the house with asphalt dimensional shingles. A new asphalt shingle roof will also be applied to the rear outbuilding. An Exterior Rehabilitation grant application was submitted to the city on Jan. 31, 2019. According to the bids provided in the application, the total project cost will be approximately $20,700.
The amount requested for the grant is $10,000, with a proposed applicant match of $10,700. In exchange for the grant funds, the city will receive a 15-year conservation easement on the property. The easement will require preservation of the property and that it be insured and maintained in good repair. Funding is available in the Historic Preservation Capital Improvement Program budget.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
Staff recommends approval of an Exterior Rehabilitation grant of up to $10,000 for repairs at 306 W. Almeria Road. The Historic Preservation Commission recommended approval of this item on Feb. 11, 2019, by a vote of 6-0.
This item was recommended for approval at the Planning and Economic Development Subcommittee meeting on March 13, 2019, by a vote of 4-0.
Location
306 W. Almeria Road
Council District: 4
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the Planning and Development Department.