File #: 220083    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Special Action Status: Passed
File created: 1/25/2022 In control: Council
On agenda: 1/27/2022 Final action: 1/27/2022
Title: Honoring Cydney Millstein on her retirement and recognizing her contributions to the built environment and architectural preservation and beauty of Kansas City, Missouri.
Sponsors: Eric Bunch, Lee Barnes Jr., Andrea Bough, Brandon Ellington, Dan Fowler, Heather Hall, Teresa Loar, Quinton Lucas, Kevin McManus, Kevin O'Neill, Ryana Parks-Shaw, Melissa Robinson, Katheryn Shields
Attachments: 1. Authenticated Resolution 220083

RESOLUTION NO. 220083

 

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Honoring Cydney Millstein on her retirement and recognizing her contributions to the built environment and architectural preservation and beauty of Kansas City, Missouri.

 

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WHEREAS, Cydney Millstein has spent her career at her self-founded firm, Architectural & Historical Research, LLC, as an educator, author, scholar, historian, activist, advocate, researcher, and narrator making a significant impact on our understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of the built environment throughout the US; and

 

WHEREAS, Cydney excels in the preparation of National Register of Historic Places Nominations and Historic Tax Credit applications that have secured local projects such as the Power House at Kansas City’s Union Station; and

 

WHEREAS, Cydney has had the opportunity to lend her expertise to several outstanding local projects like the National WWI Museum and Memorial, the Kansas City Parks and Boulevards Historic District, the Kansas City International Airport (KCI), and the Todd Bolender Center for Dance and Creativity; and

 

WHEREAS, Cydney has been given the honor to contribute to many esteemed national projects like the Obama Presidential Center (Chicago, IL), National Historic Landmark Nominations for The Rotary Jail (Crawfordville, IN and Council Bluffs, IA), and the Army National Guard, National Guard Bureau (Washington, D.C.); and

 

WHEREAS, Cydney’s dedication to excellence in architectural and historic preservation has been recognized locally and nationally with awards, such as the Urban Hero Award from the Downtown Council, two National Trust for Historic Preservation Honor Awards, the David Coffin Grant from Princeton University, and a State Historical Society of Missouri Brownlee Award among many others; NOW, THEREFORE,

 

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

 

That the Mayor and Council hereby extend their most sincere appreciation to Cydney Millstein for her years of distinguished and exceptional local and national contributions; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution be spread upon the Minutes of the Council in testimony thereof and that a copy hereof be presented to Cydney Millstein with the Mayor and Council’s appreciation for the excellent contributions she has made to the built environment and architectural preservation and beauty of Kansas City, Missouri.

 

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