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Planning and Building Agency <br />Item # d <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Historic Resources Commission Staff Report <br />July 9, 2025 <br />Topic: HPPA No. 2025-05 – The Borchard House (1617 E. Fourth Street) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Recommend that the City Council authorize the City Manager and City Clerk to execute <br />a Historic Property Preservation Agreement (Mills Act) with Vincent F. Sarmiento and Eva <br />Casas-Sarmiento, for the property located at 1617 E. Fourth Street, subject to non- <br />substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney (Exhibit 1). <br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br />Vincent F. Sarmiento and Eva Casas-Sarmiento are requesting approval to execute a <br />Mills Act Agreement with the City of Santa Ana at an existing residence located at 1617 <br />E. Fourth Street that is currently listed on the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties <br />and is categorized as Landmark. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Project Location and Site Description <br />The subject property, known as the Borchard House, consists of an existing two-story <br />Spanish Colonial Revival-style residence and secondary building that are a combined 4,606 <br />square feet in size located on a 26,500-square-foot residential lot. The Borchard House was <br />added to the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties (“Register”) in 2004 and <br />categorized as “Landmark,” as recorded in Historical Resources Commission meeting <br />minutes dated March 4, 2004 and pertaining to Historic Resources Commission Application <br />No. 2003-02 and Historic Register Categorization No. 2003-02 (Exhibit 4). <br />Analysis of the Issues <br />Ordinance No. NS-2382 authorized the Historic Resources Commission to execute <br />Historic Property Preservation Agreements (HPPA), commonly known as Mills Act <br />agreements, for eligible properties. The property is listed on the Register and categorized <br />as Key, making it eligible for a Mills Act Agreement. The agreement provides monetary <br />incentives to the property owner in the form of a property tax reduction in exchange for <br />    <br />Historic Resources Commission 39 7/9/2025 <br />