IL SR0891

Senate Resolution supporting a Community Preservation Plan for Promontory Point, a 40-acre historic peninsula at the south end of Burnham Park in Chicago.

Promontory Point was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 19, 2018, and designated a Chicago Landmark on April 19, 2023; the undertaking includes repair and rehabilitation of approximately 3,200 linear feet of step-stone limestone revetment and promenade between East 54th and 56th Streets.

Multiple federal funding sources including Section 8336 of the 2022 Water Resources Development Act, the 2022 Bi-Partisan Infrastructure Law, and a City of Chicago 2023 capital bond providing $5 million for design and planning have been appropriated to complete the shoreline protection project.

The 1993 Memorandum of Agreement requires amendment to address the uncompleted Promontory Point reach and accommodate 24 years of community involvement and commitment to achieve a preservation outcome consistent with Secretary of the Interior Standards for treatment of historic properties.

Independent marine engineering studies from 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2024 demonstrate that a preservation approach to repairing the revetment and promenade can meet erosion control and storm damage protection requirements.