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DAJ Design completed a Historic Structure Assessment for the property paid for through the <br />Historic Preservation Fund. The assessment (attached) makes several recommendations <br />including: repairing the siding, restoring the windows and door to their historic appearance, <br />foundation repairs, and porch repairs. The applicants received a cost estimate from DAJ <br />Design. The proposed total cost for all of the work on the historic structure plus contingency <br />funds is $90,000. <br />Work proposed with total cost: <br />• Foundation/crawlspace: $15,000 <br />o Install new retaining walls <br />o Replace column supports <br />• Floor structure: $6,000 <br />o Provide additional joists for support <br />o Modify beams to meet code <br />• Siding: $18,000 <br />o Remove steel and asbestos composite siding <br />o Restore/refinish/replace original wood siding <br />• Ornamentation, trim, soffit: $9,000 <br />o Restore, refinish, or replace window trim <br />• Windows: $18,000 <br />o Remove replacement windows <br />o Install windows matching the original <br />• Doors: $6,000 <br />o Remove replacement doors <br />o Install doors matching the original time period of the house <br />• Front porch: $14,000 <br />o Columns: remove steel and replace with wood <br />o Restore, refinish or replace historic ceiling treatment <br />o Replace concrete porch with wood <br />• Electrical: $4,000 <br />o Upgraded to 200 Amp service <br />COST ESTIMATE OF PROPOSED WORK: $90,000 <br />MATCHING GRANT REQUESTED: $40,000 (matching grant maximum $40,000) <br />Grants: <br />Under Resolution No. 17, Series 2019, residential applicants are eligible for a $5,000 <br />unmatched incentive grant as a landmark bonus. Owners of a landmarked property will be <br />eligible for this grant following the signing of the landmark and grant agreements. The remaining <br />$40,000 grant shall be conditioned based on the applicant matching one hundred percent of the <br />amount for approved work. Approved work must fall under the categories of preservation, <br />rehabilitation, and restoration. The following summarizes each categories and lists the <br />qualifying work proposed with this application. <br />Preservation is the act or process of applying measures necessary to sustain the <br />existing form, integrity, and materials of an historic property as they now exist. Approved <br />work focuses upon the repair of exterior historic materials and features rather than <br />extensive replacement and new construction. <br />• Siding removal, repair/replacement <br />• Ornamentation, trim, soffet <br />25 <br />