HomeMy WebLinkAboutHRC MINUTES 04-20-17MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
HISTORIC RESOURCES COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
CALLED TO ORDER
ATTENDANCE
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
APRIL 20, 2017
CITY HALL ROSS ANNEX
CONFERENCE ROOM 1600
20 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA
4:31 P.M.
COMMISSIONERS Present:
ALBERTA CHRISTY, Chairperson
PHILLIP SCHAEFER, Vice Chair (arrived at 4:35 pm)
PHIL BACERRA
MONICA GARCIA
GINELLE HARDY
LAURENCE HITTERDALE
TIM RUSH
COMMISSIONERS Absent:
EDWARD MURASHIE
STAFF Present:
CANDIDA NEAL, Planning Manager
LISA STORCK, Assistant City Attorney
IVAN OROZCO, Assistant Planner//
SARAH BERNAL, Recording Secretary
Commissioner Garcia
PUBLIC COMMENTS (on non -agenda items) - No public comments
CONSENT CALENDAR
MOTION: Approve staff recommendation on Consent Calendar Item A.
MOTION: Rush SECOND: Bacerra
VOTE: AYES: Bacerra, Christy, Garcia, Hardy, Hitterdale, Rush (6)
NOES: None (0)
ABSTAIN: None (0)
ABSENT: Murashie, Schaefer (2)
A. EXCUSED ABSENCES
MOTION: Excuse absent commission member(s) — Murashie
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* * * END OF CONSENT CALENDAR * * *
BUSINESS CALENDAR
1. HISTORIC PROPERTY PRESERVATION AGREEMENT FEE REDUCTION AND
PRIVATE PARTY NOMINATION TO THE SANTA ANA REGISTER OF HISTORICAL
PROPERTIES FEE WAIVER.
A discussion period ensued regarding permanently reducing the fees for the Historic
Property Preservation Agreement and waiving the fees for the private party nomination to
the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties.
MOTION: Recommended that the City Council adopt a resolution to extend the
reduction of the fee to enter into a Historic Property Preservation Agreement (Mills
Act Agreement) by 50 percent and waive the application fee for the private party
nominations of properties to the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties for an
additional two year period.
MOTION: Rush
SECOND: Bacerra
VOTE: AYES:
Bacerra, Christy, Garcia, Hardy, Hitterdale, Rush, Schaefer
(7)
NOES:
None (0)
ABSTAIN:
None (0)
ABSENT:
Murashie (1)
WORK STUDY CALENDAR
2. DISCUSSION REGARDING VIEW CORRIDORS AS THEY PERTAIN TO HISTORIC
STRUCTURES.
Planning Manager Neal provided an overview of the Mills Act Agreement requirements.
Stated that staff has interpreted "view of corridor" as character defining features visible
from the street right-of-way; asked the Commission for their definition "view of corridor."
After lengthy discussion, the Commission agreed that "view of corridor' shall mean:
• A view corridor enabling the general public to see the Historic Property from the
public right of -way shall be maintained and Owner shall not be permitted to block
the view to the property with any new structure such as walls, fences,
shrubbery/landscape, so as to prevent the viewing of the historic landmark to the
public.
Commission further agreed that:
• A violation of the Mills Act Agreement shall occur if the individual defining
characteristics of the property listed in the agreement are blocked.
• The view may be diminished but not completely blocked.
• The term "view corridor' should be changed to "view shed."
The following public comments were received:
• Evangeline Gawronski spoke about code enforcement issues; provided her
definition of "view of corridor."
• Bobbi Keenan inquired about the consequences of Mills Act Agreement violations;
opined that City should not allow fence height to exceed 36 inches.
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COMMENTS
3. STAFF MEMBER COMMENTS
Planning Manager Neal:
• Discussed the possibility of changing the Historic Resources meeting dates; Bylaws
would need to be changed in order to do so.
4. COMMISSION MEMBER COMMENTS
Commissioner Hitterdale:
• Thanked staff for their efforts.
Commissioner Hardy
Happy that the fee reduction resolution was extended.
Chairperson Christy
• Thanked staff for their efforts.
• Wished everyone a Happy 41h of July.
ADJOURNED 5:39 P.M. — The next regular scheduled meeting of the Historic Resources
Commission is scheduled for Thursday, July 6, 2017 at 4:30 p.m. in the
Council Chamber, 22 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, California.
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Recording Secretary
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