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A. Statement of Qualifications 3. Relevant / Related Experience CITY OF ARCADIA CITYWIDE HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY, CONTEXT STATEMENT & PRESERVATION ORDINANCE Arcadia, California In 2015, ARG contracted with the City of Arcadia to prepare a historic resources survey report. The goals of the project were to identify and document potential historic resources within the city and to develop a framework through which the city's historic and cultural resources could be evaluated. Incorporated in 1903 by prolific landowner and entrepreneur Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin, the City of Arcadia is a suburban community of approximately 60,000 residents at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains, in northeast Los Angeles County. Arcadia possesses a rich and varied past that spans multiple eras of California history and is associated with trends that are definitive in the history of the San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles County, and Southern California. The city retains a wide range of properties related to multiple periods of development. The Arcadia Citywide Historic Resources Survey Report included two major components: the preparation of a historic context statement and the completion of an intensive -level survey. The historic context statement provided ARG surveyors with a contextual basis forthe evaluation of potential historic resources in the city and will serve as a guide forthe identification and treatment of additional historic resources in the future. The intensive -level survey was a month -long effort that included the identification of historic resources within Arcadia City limits and the evaluation of properties against National Register, California Register, and local eligibility criteria. It was preceded by community outreach activities and a reconnaissance -level survey of all 16,800 parcels in the city, during which ARG surveyors also examined and photographed properties identified in an outdated, less comprehensive survey. In 2017, Arcadia City Council voted to move forward with drafting the Arcadia Historic Preservation Ordinance to establish a method of protecting the potential resources identified through ARG's survey. ARG staff collaborated with City Staff to create the draft ordinance and held several community meetings to address comments and questions regarding how the adoption of an ordinance might affect Arcadia's residents. The City adopted its ordinance in early 2019. In the fall of 2019, ARG trained City Staff in the administering of its Mills Act Property Tax Abatement Program, which had been established under the Preservation Ordinance. Following completion of the ordinance, ARG has continued to provide historic preservation consulting services for the City, including Historic Resource Assessments under CEQA. Client City of Arcadia, Development Services Reference Lisa L. Flores, Planning Services Manager, City of Arcadia 626.574.5445 / Ihores@ArcadiaCA.gov Project Duration Survey and Context Statement: 2015 - 2017 Historic Preservation Ordinance: 2017-2019 Historic Preservation Consulting: On -going Architectural Resources Group I Environmental and Planning Services