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RESOLUTION NO. 2015 -039
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA AUTHORIZING THE EXTENSION OF A
WAIVER OF THE APPLICATION FEE FOR THE PRIVATE
PARTY NOMINATIONS OF PROPERTIES TO THE SANTA
ANA REGISTER OF HISTORICAL PROPERTIES AND
MODIFICATION OF MILLS ACT AGREEMENT FEES
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines
and declares as follows:
A. In March 2009, the City Council adopted a 100% full recovery policy for
fees. This resulted in a fee of almost $9,000 to designate a property to the
City's historical register and to obtain a Mills Act Agreement to allow a
property tax incentive.
B. In September of 2014, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2014 -50 to
temporarily reduce fees for a Historic Property Preservation Agreement by
50 %, or $2,011.23, and waived the $5,015.05 fee for private party
nominations of properties to the Santa Ana Register of Historical
Properties. The fee amendments were approved for a period of one (1)
year and were intended to encourage and promote historic preservation.
Since the beginning of the historic preservation program, the City has
processed an average of ten (10) applications per year. However, with
the fee reduction, over forty (40) applications were processed in 2014.
C. Language within Resolution No. 2014 -50 provides the City Council with
the option to extend the fee waiver for up to two (2) additional years. Due
to the success and increased participation in the Historic Preservation
Program, staff is recommending that the City Council affirm the
recommendation of the Historic Resources Commission and extend the
fee waiver program for two (2) additional years.
Section 2. The City Council hereby extends the waiver of the full amount of the
new application fee for the private party nominations of properties to the Santa Ana
Register of Historical Properties for the additional two -year period commencing upon the
date of adoption of this Resolution. Additionally, the City Council hereby extends the
reduction of the fee to enter into a Mills Act Agreement by 50% for an additional two (2)
year period commencing upon the date of adoption of this Resolution.
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Section 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the
City Council and the Clerk of the Council shall attest to and certify the vote adopting this
Resolution.
ADOPTED this 41" day of August, 2015.
/Vincent Sarmiento, Mayor Pro Tern
for Miguel A. Pulido, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Sonia R. Carvalho, City Attorney
Lisa Storck
Assistant City Attorney
AYES: Councilmembers:
NOES: Councilmembers:
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers:
Amezcua Benavides, Reyna, Sarmiento (4)
None (0)
None (0)
NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers: Martinez, Pulido Tinalero (3)
CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, MARIA D. HUIZAR, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify that the
attached Resolution No. 2015 -039 to be the original resolution adopted by the City
Council of the City of Santa Ana on August 4, 2015, and that said resolution was
published in accordance with the Charter of the City of Santa Ana.
Date: x -A V I /%V�^ �? ✓�
Clerk of the Council
City of Santa Ana
Resolution No. 2015 -039
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