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Lockport council adopts new city flag, approves façade and sprinkler grants that exceed current budgeted allocations
Summary
Council adopted a new city flag design and approved a series of grant awards (Resolutions 24 104, 24 105 and 24 106) to support façade improvements and fire safety upgrades in the Lockport Plaza/Maryknoll properties; staff noted combined approvals exceed the originally budgeted amounts but funds remain available.
The Lockport City Council voted to adopt an official city flag and approved multiple grant awards for façade and fire-safety improvements that, collectively, push the city's façade and code-compliance allocations beyond the amounts originally budgeted for 2024.
Flag adoption: Members of the flag committee presented the selected design. "The background color is maroon — that's the color the city uses on a bunch of official documents. The blue stripe that's a bit wavy is the canal," said Zach from the committee, explaining the symbolism of the limestone rings and regional influence. After brief remarks and majority support from council members, the motion to adopt the flag passed.
Grant approvals (consent): The council approved Resolution 24 104 (Lupine Montessori façade/site grant), Resolution 24 105 (fire alarm and sprinkler grant for Phase 1 at the Maryknoll property submitted by SPH Holdings LLC) and Resolution 24 106 (façade improvements for SPH Holdings). Key details provided by staff: - Façade and site improvement grant program: 50% match up to $20,000 per façade, $10,000 for site improvements, and a $50,000 maximum per property pin for construction and architectural costs. - Lupine Montessori (applicant Tina Davidson) is eligible for up to $45,000 in construction reimbursement and $5,000 for architectural fees under Resolution 24 104. - SPH Holdings’ Phase 1 (Resolution 24 105) covers roughly 56,600 square feet of tenant space and is eligible for $20,000 for alarms and $20,000 for sprinklers (program maximums); the total building project cost was noted to be about $1.2 million.
Staff told council that, after tallying approvals to date, combined allocations in the façade and code-compliance funds would exceed the originally budgeted amounts for 2024 but that the fund had available money to cover the requests. The council moved the items through consent and approved them during the same meeting.
The transcript does not record detailed roll-call tallies for these specific resolutions in the same way as the ordinance vote; they were handled as consent items and approved by the council during the consent motion.
