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Ms. DeRosa stated that staff was comfortable with its recommendation, the intent of the requirements was to .. .. . _.__ _~..t_ ~:_.__-__, _._......._..,..._.1 .A..~ !tie .....:1.:1:,.. ..F ,tin c~mn,.mn mnn1A nnf Iv Ms. DeRosa stated that staff was comfortable with its recommendation, the intent of the requirements was to ensure the aesthetic chazacter of the historical structures and that the visibility of the structure would not be impaired. Motron to recommend that the City CouncQ adopt a resolution establishing requirements for the Mills Act Agreements. MOTION: Giles SBCOND: Corpin AYES: Kings, Brener, Chinn, Giles, Gazmer and Bustamante -NOES: Brenes ABSENT: Berry and Cribb 4. Corttments from the Executive Director. Ms. Robyn Uptegraff apprised the Commission that the Commissions' funding request was included in the administrative budget of the Agency and City Council was scheduled to take action on the entire City budget in June 2000. Commissioner Kings emphasized to the Commissipners to encourage Council to support the funding request. 5. Comments from the Planning staff. Mr. Joseph Edwards, Principal Planner, informed the Commission that he and Ms. Cristine Shaw along with other staff members recently attended a historical seminar and one of the sessions focused on placing properties on the Register without the owner's permission. Ms. Shaw stated that although it was discussed, she would like to receive interpretation from other City attorneys. 6. Comments from the City Attorney. Ms. Cristine Shaw, Assistant City Attorney, informed the Commission that staff learned at the recent seminar that the City of Santa Ana was ahead of most other.. cities with the creation of the Historic Commission and with the adopted ordinances related to historical Structures. 7. Comments from the Historic Resources Commission. Commissioner Brener informed the Commission that he was a member of the Santa Ana Kiwanis Club, the Club had meetings every Wednesday, and he invited and encpuraged the Commissioners to attend any meetings and lunches and to possibly become members of the Club. Commissioner Corpin mentioned that many Commissioners recently attended a tour of the Masonic Temple and requested that another tour be scheduled so the other Cotntn~ssioners who were unable to attend could attend and she stated that the week of April 17, 2000 would be great. Commissioner Bustamante invited the Commission to attend the Floral Park's home tour during the month of April; he stated that the tour was an annual event and that there were discount tickets on the Internet to attend the tour. Commissioner Gartner informed the Commission that he had recently attended a lunch with Commissioner Brener at the Kiwanis Club and expressed his appreciation to Commissioner Brener for the invitation to the Club luncheon. He further commended the Kiwanis Club for all of their work for the community. Commissioner Chinn referenced the memo distributed to the Commission regazding the property inventory template and commented that the template did not contain the State criteria and he believed it was important to have the State guidelines on the template. ' Cottunissioner Giles requested staff express the Commissions' condolences to Commissioner Berry; and he expressed concern that another home had been lost, located at 501 Cypress, and he stated that every effort was needed for salvaging. Commissioner Kings: 1) commented that recently she had expressed some frustration with staff due to believing that progress and closure was not being made as quickly as she desired; and stated that when she or other Commissioners called staff and requested an additional task or information, it pulls staff away from the expected work and pushes back the timeframes from the specific tasks and the objectives that the Commission has established; 2) expressed that the Commission packages were received very late for the meeting, she was aware of the Division's computer problems but she requested that the packages be distributed no later than the Monday before the scheduled meetings; 3) requested that the historic template have complete documentation and commented that the template must meet State and Federal requirements and requested that the Commission review the template once completed; and 4) informed staff and the Commission that there was a recent article in the Wall Street Journal regarding historical training for real