Southtowns Record

TBA08.24.2026packet

Government
Town of West Seneca
Board
Town Board
Meeting
Aug 24, 2026, 6:00 p.m.
Posted by publisher
Aug 21, 2026
Kind
Agenda packet
Topics
Budget and taxes, Water, sewer and drainage, Public safety, Parks and recreation, Audits and oversight, Roads and traffic, Zoning and land use

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TO:  Honorable Town Board
FROM:  Scott Robertson, Councilmember
DATE:  August 24, 2026
SUBJECT:  Councilmember Robertson re Certified Local Government grant
  application

Requested Action:  Kindly adopt the following resolution to authorize local matching funds
  for the Certified Local Government grant application:

RESOLUTION:  WHEREAS, the Town of West Seneca, through its Historic
  Preservation Commission, is pursuing funding through the New York
  State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation's FY2026
  Certified Local Government Grant Program for an Intensive-Level
  Historic Resource Survey of the Lower and Middle Ebenezer areas of
  the Town; and

  WHEREAS, the proposed project would build upon the Town's
  previously completed reconnaissance-level historic resource survey
  and would undertake intensive-level documentation, research,
  evaluation, mapping, and recommendations for approximately 350
  properties within the Lower and Middle Ebenezer areas, with the goal
  of evaluating the areas' eligibility for future historic district designation
  and associated preservation opportunities; and

  WHEREAS, Preservation Studios, LLC has provided a proposal with a
  total project value of $39,000 for the intensive-level survey of both the
  Lower and Middle Ebenezer areas; and

  WHEREAS, members of the Town of West Seneca Historic
  Preservation Commission, in coordination with Town staff, propose to
  provide approximately $6,500 in in-kind services, including compilation
  of permit and construction information and preparation of mapping
  information necessary to support the survey; and

  WHEREAS, the Town desires to demonstrate its commitment to the
  project and strengthen its application for Certified Local Government
  funding through an additional municipal cash contribution;

  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the
  Town of West Seneca hereby authorizes the submission of an
  application to the FY2026 Certified Local Government Grant Program

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