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A RESOLUTION
Authorizing the City Manager to proceed with appl
ication
�i for and to accept a $3,000 grant for historic preserva-
tion staff support, available through the Department of
the Interior's Historic Preservation Fund Grants -in -Aid
Certified Local Government Program.
WHEREAS, Federal Funds for historic preservation activities are
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available as a result of the 1980 amendments to the National Historic Pre-
servation Act amendments which provide that 10% of each state's allocation
from the Department of the Interior's Historic Preservation Fund be passed
through to Certified Local Governments (CLG), and
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WHEREAS, Federal law allows the Illinois Department of Conservation -
the state agency administering the CLG program - to disperse 10% of Illinois'
i' Historic Preservation Fund monies to Illinois municipalities likely to become
CLG's in the near future, and
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston has been identified by the Illinois
I Department of Conservation as a municipality with a local preservation program
that is likely to meet the five criteria prescribed for CLG status, and
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. I WHEREAS, the Evanston Preservation Commimssion, at the invitation of
the Illinois Department of Conservation, did apply for Federal grant assis-
tance available through the Department of the Interior's Historic Preservation
Fund Grants -in -Aid Certified Local Government Program, and
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WHEREAS, State approval of a $3,000 grant for historic preservation
staff support has been received, and
WHEREAS, State approval constitutes a tentative award, subject to
j federal approval,
i NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, hereby authorizes the City Manager to
( proceed with the grant process and sign any and all documents necessary to
obtain said grant.
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
Mayor
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1 Adopted: /vZ