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Home My WebLink About05/04/2000ACTION MINUTES OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA u~l+Tn ~If~ ~GQAI IOf~GQ nnR1111RI G~CIAL1 ACTION MINUTES OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA HISTORIC RESOURCES COMMISISION CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS 22 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA MAY 4; 2000 CALLED TO ORDER City Hall Council Chambers ' 22 Civic Center Plaza Santa Ana, California ATTENDANCE: Rose Anne Garcia Kings, Chair' Rita Corpin Don Cribb James Gartner Paul Giles Philip Chinn Carlos Bustamante ABSENT: Louis Brenes, Vice Chairman Archibald Berry, Pro Tem STAFF PRESENT: Robyn Uptegraff, Executive Director Kenneth Adams, Planning Manger Cristine Shaw, Assistant City Attorney Gary Sheatz, Assistant City Attorney Joseph Edwards, Principal Planner Sharon McCain Johnson, Recorlding Secretary Consent Calendar 1. Aoaroval of the Minutes from the regular meeting of April 6,'2000. RECOMMENDATION: Approve the minutes of the regular meeting of April 6, 2000. 2. Reconsideration of actions taken at previous meeting. "' Consent Calendar Items *'I* Commissioner Giles noted modifications to the minutes fpr April 6, 2000. Motion to continue the minutes to June 1, 2000 and approve the remaining Consent Calendar item. MOTION: Giles SECOND: Cribb AYES: Kings, Chinn, Corpin, Cribb, Giles, Gartner, and Bustamante NOES: None ABSENT: Brenes and Berry BUSINESS ITEMS 1. HISTORIC CATEGORIZATION NO.00-01 To place various historic structures listed on the Santa Ana Register of Historic Properties within established categories. PUBLICLY NOTICED: April 26, 2000 RECOMMENDATION: Adopt a resolution approving the categorization of the fo,lowing historic structures as listed: Landmark: 910 North French Street 1116 North French Street 1116 North French Street 810 North French Street 518 North Broadway 1108 North French Street Key: 419 East Wellington Avenue 922 North Lacy Street ' 204 East Washington Avenule 419 East Civic Center Drive 410 West Fourth Street Ms. Lucy Linnaus, Assistant Planner I, presented the Staff report and recommendation for the categorization of properties listed on the Santa Ana IRegister. Mr. Jon Gothold, property owner of the Alexander Hmme located at 1116 North French Street, spoke in support of staff's recommendation and noted historical information to the Commission and staff regarding the structure and stated that the dates listed for re-roofing should be corrected to read 1930 and 1943 respectively„ Commissioner Giles offered constructive criticism regarding the noticing period and terseness of language on the letter. In addition, he noted that he had been contacted regarding the categorization project and he was unaware of the item being scheduled at the hearing and that the property owners as well as the Cofmission should be informed of the recommended categorization at minimum, two weeks prior to the Commission meeting. Commissioner Chinn commented regarding the nurmber of structures categorized as landmark and reminded the Commission that Iandmarkl structures were structures with the capability of being place on the National Register. Commissioner Cribb commented that he supported the structures recommended for landmark and stated that he could not understand the abbreviations on the property profile sheets and he requested a legend be added on the font page of the property profile so reference can be easily accessed. Commissioner Kings requested that staff reference the rneighborhood on the property profile sheets and that staff use the updated property profile Sheets for future categorizations of structures. Several Commissioners requested that the State designation abbreviations on the future categorization reports be included. Motion to adopt a resolution approving the categorization of the structures as listed below: Landmark J 910 North French Street 1116 North French Street 810 North French Street 518 North Broadway 1108 North French Street MOTION: Giles AYES: Kings, Chinn, Corpin, Cribb, NOES: None ABSENT: Brenes and Berry 419 East Wellington Avenue 922 North Lacy 204 East Washington Avenue 419 East Civic Center Drive 410 West Fourth Street SECONDED: Cribb Giles, Gartner, and Bustamante WORK STUDY SESSION Ms. Maya DeRosa, Senior Planner, presented a Powerpoint presentation and discussed Ms. Maya DeRosa, Senior Planner, presented a Powerpoint presentation and discussed with the Commission the proposed criteria for the evaluation of exterior modifications. Ms. Robyn Uptegraff, Executive Director, informed the (Commission that staff would further develop the criteria and bring a recommendation to thei, Commission at the next scheduled meeting. Commissioner Cribb requested that staff present two hypothetical examples at the next meeting of exterior modifications and the re-use of existing historic buildings and suggested that the examples be the Santora Building and the Phillips Block Building located on Fourth Street and Broadway. PUBLIC COMMENTS \rVllll 11 YlllGi1UV11, matters not listed on There were no comments. COMMENTS FROM STAFF AND THE COMMISSION 2. Comments from the Executive Director. There were no comments. 3. Comments from the Planning Manager and staff. Mr. Joseph Edwards, Principal Planner, informed the Commission that City Council approved the Property Improvement requirements for the Mills Act Agreem@nts. 4. Comments from the Citv Attornev. ', ' There were no comments. 5. Comments from the Historic Resources Commission. Commissioner Giles indicated that he would like staff to notify the property owners and the Commission a minimum of two weeks prior to meetings for the categorization of structures. Commissioner Gartner expressed that he enjoyed the preesentation for the categorization. Commissioner Corpin expressed that she was happy that the Commission had begun the process of categorizing the properties on the Register and cautioned the Commission regarding categorizing a large amount of properties as Landmark and stated that the properties categorized as Landmark should be the most outstanding structures. Commissioner Chinn informed staff that his name was Spelled incorrectly on the display on Channel 3 and requested it be corrected and stated that he would not be able to attend the next scheduled meeting. Commissioner Kings apprised staff that she received a letter from Grace Steiner and she was interested in placing her property on the Santa Ana Register and requested that staff contact Ms. Steiner and provide the remaining Commissioners a copy of the letter; reminded ' staff of the distributed memo, dated April 3, 2000, by Staff regarding placing the Christian Science Building on the Register and stated that 60 days would be the next scheduled Commission meeting; informed staff that she had received a fax from Zack Architecture requesting her personal opinion on a door solution for a, proposed restaurant in the Santora Building and she suggested that the two door solutions be included for discussion as an example in the exterior modification workshop; noted that Commission Chinn had provided a list of all of the downtown buildings that were on the National Register; and requested that staff research the possibility of sending Commission njembers and/or appropriate staff to the National Trust for Realtor Training for marketing historic structures and to the National Trust Convention in October. 6. Excuse of absences. Commissioner Cribb moved to excuse the absence of Commissioners Berry and Brenes. The motion was seconded and unanimously passed. 7. Adiournment. The meeting adjourned at 6:20 p.m. SMJ ~ 'Ir-- ~t (ice--. i ~~ Sharon McCain Johnson Secretary to the Historic Resources Commission 4