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<br />REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br />~'f~ <br />~~~} <br />~ <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br /> <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br /> <br />MAY 16, 2005 <br /> <br />TITLE: <br />PRESERVE AMERICA COMMUNITY PROGRAM <br />APPLICATION <br /> <br />APPROVED <br /> <br />o As Recommended <br />o As Amended <br />o Ordinance on 151 Reading <br />o Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />o Implementing Resolution <br />o Set Public Hearing For <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />(lk17a~- <br /> <br />CITY MANAGER <br /> <br />CONTINUED TO <br /> <br />FILE NUMBER <br /> <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> <br />Adopt a resolution to direct staff to submit an application to the <br />Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and the National Parks Service <br />to designate the City of Santa Ana as a "Preserve America Community". <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />The "Preserve <br />developed in <br />Preservation <br />Agriculture, <br />components, <br />Communities. <br /> <br />America" program is a federal government initiative <br />cooperation with the Advisory Council on Historic <br />and the u.S. Departments of the Interior, Commerce, <br />and Housing and Urban Development. It has several <br />one of which is the designation of Preserve America <br /> <br />Preserve America Community designation will be granted to communities <br />that meet three general criteria: <br /> <br />1. The community has recently supported a historic or cultural <br />preservation proj ect that promotes heritage tourism or otherwise <br />fosters economic vitality, and involves a public-private partnership <br />between government entities and at least one civic association, <br />nonprofit, and/or business enterprise. <br /> <br />2. <br /> <br />The governing <br />indicating its <br />assets. <br /> <br />body of the <br />commitment <br /> <br />community has adopted <br />to the preservation of <br /> <br />a resolution <br />its heritage <br /> <br />3. The community meets at least five criteria specified in three broad <br />categories: discovering heritage through historic places, protecting <br />historic resources, and promoting historic assets. <br /> <br />55A-1 <br />