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ACTION MINUTES OF THE REGULAR
CITY OF SANTA ANA
HISTORIC RESOURCES COMMIS
January 13, 1999
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CALLED TO ORDER
ATTENDANCE:
STAFF PRESENT: Robyn Uptegraff, Ex cutive Director
Kenneth Adams, Pla ning Manager
Gary Sheatz, Assista t City Attorney
Sharon M. Johnson, ommission Secretary
Consent Calendar
1. Approval of the Minutes from the regular meetings of Decerr~ber 9, 1999.
City Council Chamb@rs
22 Civic Center Plaza, Room 147
4:40 p.m.
Archibald Berry
Louis Brener
Rita Corpin, 4:50
Rose Anne Kings
Randall Simons
Mary Ann Chamb
James Gartner
Don Cribb
Diann Marsh
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve the minutes of the regular meetings of December 9, 1999.
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Motion to approve the Consent Cnlenrlar items.
MOTION: Brener SECOND: Berry
AYES: Berry, Brener, Chamberlain, Cribb, Kin~s, Marsh, and Simons
NOES: None
ABSENT: Corpin, and Gartner
ABSTAIN: None
2. Discussion of the Mills Act process.
Ms. Linda Tatum, Senior Planner, continued her discussion with the Commission regarding the
Mills Act process. She discussed the appeal process anc~ enforcement once a contract is
established.
Mr. Kenneth Adams, informed the Commission that staff would finalize the ordinance and
bring forward to the next scheduled meeting for action.
The Commission unanimously requested that the ordinance qe modified so that the City would
be a party with the recordation with the Mills Act with partic lar residents.
3. Ms. Robyn Uptegraff, Executive Director, introduced anc~ welcomed Commissioner James
Gartner to the staff and the Commission and stated that Mr. Gartner's had not received
information regarding the scheduled meetings.
4. Discussion of the evolution of the historical list.
Commissioner Marsh informed the Commission of the cre~tion of the historical list and the
ranking process for the historical list.
The Commission made the following suggestions:
• When additions are made to the list, provide a plaque to t~e property owner.
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architectural styles.
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• Create a data base with multiple search fieldswith
architectural styles.
Street .
Commissioner Cribb discussed with the Commission the pr
historical list, specifically structures located on 18`" through
The Commission made the following suggestions:
capability of cross referencing
for including properties on the
Streets.
• Consider general guidelines for placing properties on i
' • Review criteria for placing properties on the historical
6. Comments from the Executive Director.
There were no comments.
7. Comments from the Planning Manager and Staff.
There were no comments.
8. Comments from the Historical Resources Commissioners.;
historical list.
Commissioner Corpin asked if the Planning Commission W rkshop could be rescheduled from
February 6, 1999 due to the Black History Parade being sc eduled the same day. Mr. Adams
indicated that the Workshop was specifically designed for th new Planning Commissioners and
City Council members. However, staff always invited a d encouraged all Commissions to
attend. So if enough Planning Commissioners were able to attend, the date would remain the
same.
Commissioner Brenes thanked staff for the Christmas party and informed staff that he had been
asked to speak at a conference and welcomed any staff members or commissioners to attend and
' assist in the presentation.
Commissioner Berry asked when the election of officers would take place. Mr. Adams stated
that it would be agendized for the next meeting.
Commissioner Marsh informed staff that she believed it w s important to establish the forms
and applications for property owners who would like to re uest to be placed on the historical
register and requested that the forms be brought before the ommission at the next meeting. In
addition, Commissioner Marsh informed the Commission th'~t an application for nomination
for the historic French Park District to the national register of historic places would be
heard before the State Historic Resources Commission ion February 5, 1999 at the San
Juan Capistrano City Hall. The public meeting was opened to everyone.
Commissioner Marsh invited the members of the Historic Resources Commission to
attend and informational meeting on 7anuary 2Q 1999 at Bartlett Center in Santa Ana.
A presentation regarding the national register program would be made by Marilyn
Laurdy, Architectural Historian. The French Park his ,district which contains some of
Orange County's finest architecture, including 132 contributing buildings and 32
noncontributing buildings.
Commissioner Simons welcomed Commissioner Garmer an informed staff that he would like
to meet in the Council Chambers for the Historic Resourc s Commission meetings from this
point forwazd. Ms Uptegraff responded that the meetings w re set up to replicate the format of
' the Planning Commission meetings. However, she stated that there were more Historic
Commission members than Planning Commissioners and R om 147 did not accommodate the
Historic Commission comfortably and that staff would prepage the Council Chambers for future
meetings.
Commissioner Kings stated that she would be interested in $valuating historic standards on an
area wide or district bases.
Commissioner Gartner stated that he was interested in the
the Commission to also focus on the properties from the 19
eum District and he would like
and above.
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9. Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 6:30 p.m.
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Diann Marsh, Chair
Historic Resources Commission
Historic Resources Commission Minu[es January 13, 1999