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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />NOVEMBER 2, 2009 <br />TITLE: <br />HISTORIC PROPERTY PRESERVATION <br />AGREEMENT NO. 2009-05 FOR THE <br />PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2033 NORTH <br />FLOWER STREET <br />,-n <br />a <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />^ As Recommended <br />^ As Amended <br />^ Ordinance on 15t Reading <br />^ Ordinance on 2"d Reading <br />^ Implementing Resolution <br />^ Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute the <br />attached agreement with William C. and Carmen E. McEwen, property owners, <br />for the structure located at 2033 North Flower Street subject to non- <br />substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />HISTORIC RESOURCES COMMISSION ACTION <br />Recommended that the City Council authorize the City Manager and Clerk of <br />the Council to execute the attached agreement with William C. and Carmen <br />E. McEwen, property owners, for the structure located at 2033 North <br />Flower Street subject to non-substantive changes approved by the City <br />Manager and City Attorney at its October 1, 2009 meeting by a vote of 5:0 <br />(Bustamante, Gartner, O'Callaghan absent). <br />DISCUSSION <br />After the public hearing on October 1, 2009, the Historic Resources <br />Commission reviewed the proposed Historic Property Preservation Agreement <br />(Mills Act Contract) and concluded that the resulting potential property <br />tax savings would encourage the owner to reinvest the tax savings in the <br />maintenance of their historic property, and would benefit both the owner <br />and the community (Exhibit A). Additionally, the agreement prevents <br />inappropriate alterations. <br />25G-1 <br />