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From: Alan Hess <alanhes@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2020 10:34 PM
To: eComment; City Council
Subject: RE: Agenda item: HISTORIC RESOURCES POLICIES AND REGULATIONS
Attachments: Santa Ana HRC guidelnes.20.04.03.a..pdf
Alan Hess
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g]PRESERVE
ORANGE COUNTY
April 2, 2020
The Honorable Miguel Pulido, Mayor
Members of the City Council
20 Civic Center Plaza
P.O. Box 1988, M31
Santa Ana, CA 92701
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RE: Agenda item: HISTORIC RESOURCES POLICIES AND REGULATIONS
Dear Mayor and Councilmembers;
We encourage your support for the proposed changes to your SAMC to strengthen
protections for your historic buildings and neighborhoods. These improvements will
help to maintain and enhance neighborhoods and quality of life in Orange County's
capital city. Santa Ana can set the standard for the rest of the county; you have the
largest and best collection of beautiful historic buildings and a rich cultural history as
well.
Adopting the ordinance to require Historic Resources Commission (HRC) review of
building permits on buildings over 50 years of age (as the City of Whittier does) is a
worthwhile layer of protection.
Adjusting your fees for Historical Register listing and Mills Act is the right thing to do to
make your program more inclusive. Santa Ana's fees in this regard have been among
the highest in the entire United States.
Placing an HRC member on the Planning Commission is another way to ensure that
adequate protections and review are made on projects in a timely manner. The recent
dust up over the Toll Brothers/First American project at 5rh and Main could have been a
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much smoother and less confusing process for developer, the city, neighborhoods, and
the citizens had HRC been involved near or at the beginning, not the end, of the
process.
Thank you for your consideration of this issue.
Sincerely,
Alan Hess
Board Chair
Preserve Orange County
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