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Historic Resources CommissionSpecial Meeting AgendaSeptember 23, 2025Council Chamber22 Civic Center PlazaSanta Ana, CA 4:30 P.M. Members of the public may attend this meeting inperson or join via Zoom.Join from your computer: https://zoom.us/j/88176205733Join from your mobile phone via Zoom App. Meeting ID: 88176205733Dial in from a mobile phone or landline.(669) 900 6833; Meeting ID: 88176205733*For viewing only:www.youtube.com/cityofsantaanavideos.Please note: There is up to a 30second delay when viewing the meeting via YouTube. If you plan to provide a public commentduring the meeting, please join the meeting via Zoom.For detailed participation and commenting options, please review the instructionsprovided at the end of this agenda.To download or view each item, select either Download PDF or View Item Details tothe right of the agenda title. Edward MurashieChair, Ward 3 RepresentativeAlberta Christy, Vice ChairWard 4 Representative Ignacio RinconWard 1 RepresentativeGinelle HardyWard 2 Representative VacantWard 5 RepresentativeDylan Almendral Ward 6 Representative Irma Perez JaureguiCitywide RepresentativeManuel J. EscamillaPlanning Commission Rep.Dwayne ShippComm. Redev. & HousingCommission Rep.Ali Pezeshkpour, AICPExecutive DirectorBrandon SalvatierraLegal Counsel Ricardo Soto, AICPActing Planning Manager Gema ZapienActing Recording Secretary
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<br />CALL TO ORDER
<br />ATTENDANCE Commissioners:Edward Murashie, Chairperson
<br />Alberta Christy, Vice Chairperson
<br />Ignacio Rincon
<br />Ginelle Hardy
<br />Dwayne Shipp
<br />Manuel J. Escamilla
<br />Irma Perez Jauregui
<br />Dylan Almendral
<br />Staff:Ali Pezeshkpour, AICP, Executive Director
<br />Brandon Salvatierra, Deputy City Attorney
<br />Ricardo Soto, AICP, Acting Planning Manager
<br />Gema Zapien, Acting Recording Secretary
<br />ROLL CALL
<br />PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
<br />PUBLIC COMMENTS
<br />CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS
<br />a.Minutes
<br />Recommended Action: Approve the Minutes from the meeting of July 9, 2025.
<br />b.Excused absences
<br />Recommended Action: Excused absent commissioners.
<br />c.Historic Property Preservation Agreement No. 202506 for the property located at
<br />2520 North Valencia Street
<br />Recommended Action:
<br />Recommend that the City Council authorize the City Manager and City
<br />Clerk to execute a Historic Property Preservation Agreement (Mills Act)
<br />with DLKC Investments, LLC, for the property located at 2520 N. Valencia
<br />Street, subject to nonsubstantive changes approved by the City Manager
<br />and City Attorney.
<br />*End of Consent Calendar*
<br />BUSINESS CALENDAR
<br />Public Hearing: The Historic Resources Commission decision is final unless
<br />appealed to the City Council within 10 days of the decision by any interested
<br />party or group. Legal notice was published in the OC Reporter on September 12,
<br />2025 and notices were mailed on September 11, 2025.
<br />1.HISTORIC RESOURCES COMMISSION APPLICATION (HRCA) NO. 202410,
<br />HISTORIC REGISTER CATEGORIZATION (HRC) NO. 202507, AND HISTORIC
<br />PROPERTY PRESERVATION APPLICATION NO. 202509 FOR THE PROPERTY
<br />LOCATED AT 1412 NORTH LOUISE STREET LOCATED WITHIN THE SINGLE
<br />FAMILY RESIDENCE (R1) ZONING DISTRICT.
<br />Project Applicant: Ricardo and Rebeca Diaz (Property Owner & Applicant)
<br />Project Description: Request for approval of Historic Resources Commission
<br />Application (HRCA) No. 202410, Historic Register Categorization (HRC) No. 2025
<br />07, and Historic Property Preservation Application (HPPA) No. 202509 to allow the
<br />placement and categorization of the subject site in the Santa Ana Register of Historical
<br />Properties as “Contributive” and to execute a Historic Property Preservation
<br />Agreement with the City of Santa Ana.
<br />Environmental Impact: Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
<br />and the CEQA Guidelines, the project is exempt from further review under Section
<br />15331 (Class 31), as these actions are designed to preserve historic resources. A
<br />Categorical Exemption, ER No. 202572 will be filed for this project.
<br />Recommended Action:
<br />1. Adopt a resolution approving Historic Resources Commission Application
<br />No. 202410 and Historic Register Categorization No. 202507; and
<br />2. Recommend that the City Council authorize the City Manager and City
<br />Clerk to execute the attached Mills Act agreement with Ricardo Diaz and
<br />Rebeca Diaz, Husband and Wife as Joint Tenants, for the property located
<br />at 1412 N. Louise Street, subject to nonsubstantive changes approved by
<br />the City Manager and City Attorney.
<br />2.HISTORIC RESOURCES COMMISSION APPLICATION NO. 202512, HISTORIC
<br />REGISTER CATEGORIZATION NO. 202508, AND HISTORIC PROPERTY
<br />PRESERVATION APPLICATION NO. 202507 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED
<br />AT 2402 NORTH RIVERSIDE DRIVE LOCATED WITHIN THE SINGLEFAMILY
<br />RESIDENCE (R1) ZONING DISTRICT.
<br />Project Applicant: Steven and Joelle Meese (Property Owner & Applicant)
<br />Project Description: Request for approval of Historic Resources Commission
<br />Application (HRCA) No. 202512, Historic Register Categorization (HRC) No. 2025
<br />08, and Historic Property Preservation Application (HPPA) No. 202507 to allow the
<br />placement and categorization of the subject property in the Santa Ana Register of
<br />Historical Properties as “Contributive” and to execute a Historic Property Preservation
<br />Agreement with the City of Santa Ana.
<br />Environmental Impact: Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
<br />and the CEQA Guidelines, the project is exempt from further review under Section
<br />15331 (Class 31), as these actions are designed to preserve historic resources. A
<br />Categorical Exemption, ER No. 202570 will be filed for this project.
<br />Recommended Action:
<br />1. Adopt a resolution approving Historic Resources Commission Application
<br />No. 202512 and Historic Register Categorization No. 202508; and
<br />2. Recommend that the City Council authorize the City Manager and City
<br />Clerk to execute the attached Mills Act agreement with Steven and Joelle
<br />Meese, for the property located at 2402 N. Riverside Drive, subject to non
<br />substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney.
<br />3.HISTORIC RESOURCES COMMISSION APPLICATION NO. 202405, HISTORIC
<br />REGISTER CATEGORIZATION NO. 202509, HISTORIC PROPERTY
<br />PRESERVATION APPLICATION NO. 202508 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED
<br />AT 2556 NORTH VALENCIA STREET LOCATED WITHIN THE SINGLEFAMILY
<br />RESIDENCE (R1) ZONING DISTRICT.
<br />Project Applicant: Stephen Anthony Gorgone and Crishon Maria Preja
<br />(Property Owner & Applicant)
<br />Project Description: Request for approval of Historic Resources Commission
<br />Application (HRCA) No. 202405, Historic Register Categorization (HRC) No. 2025
<br />09, and Historic Property Preservation Application (HPPA) No. 202508 to allow the
<br />placement and categorization of the subject site in the Santa Ana Register of Historical
<br />Properties as “Contributive” and to execute a Historic Property Preservation
<br />Agreement with the City of Santa Ana.
<br />Environmental Impact: Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
<br />and the CEQA Guidelines, the project is exempt from further review under Section
<br />15331 (Class 31), as these actions are designed to preserve historic resources. A
<br />Categorical Exemption, ER No. 202569 will be filed for this project.
<br />Recommended Action:
<br />1. Adopt a resolution approving Historic Resources Commission Application
<br />No. 202405 and Historic Register Categorization No. 202509; and
<br />2. Recommend that the City Council authorize the City Manager and City
<br />Clerk to execute the attached Mills Act agreement with Stephen Anthony
<br />Gorgone and Crishon Maria Preja, Husband And Wife, as Trustees of The
<br />Stephen Anthony Gorgone And Crishon Maria Preja Revocable Living Trust
<br />Dated July 5, 2022, for the property located at 2556 N. Valencia Street,
<br />subject to nonsubstantive changes approved by the City Manager and City
<br />Attorney.
<br />4.HISTORIC RESOURCES COMMISSION APPLICATION NO. 202508, HISTORIC
<br />REGISTER CATEGORIZATION NO. 202510, AND HISTORIC PROPERTY
<br />PRESERVATION APPLICATION NO. 202510 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED
<br />AT 433 WEST SANTA CLARA AVENUE LOCATED WITHIN THE SINGLEFAMILY
<br />RESIDENCE (R1) ZONING DISTRICT.
<br />Project Applicant: E. Thomas Chappell (Property Owner & Applicant)
<br />Project Description: Request for approval of Historic Resources Commission
<br />Application (HRCA) No. 202508, Historic Register Categorization (HRC) No. 2025
<br />10, and Historic Property Preservation Application (HPPA) No. 202510 to allow the
<br />placement and categorization of the subject property in the Santa Ana Register of
<br />Historical Properties as “Key” and to execute a Historic Property Preservation
<br />Agreement with the City of Santa Ana.
<br />Environmental Impact: Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
<br />and the CEQA Guidelines, the project is exempt from further review under Section
<br />15331 (Class 31), as these actions are designed to preserve historic resources. A
<br />Categorical Exemption, ER No. 202578 will be filed for this project.
<br />Recommended Action:
<br />1. Adopt a resolution approving Historic Resources Commission Application
<br />No. 202508 and Historic Register Categorization No. 202510.
<br />2. Recommend that the City Council authorize the City Manager and City
<br />Clerk to execute the attached Mills Act agreement with E. Thomas
<br />Chappell, for the property located at 433 W. Santa Clara Avenue, subject to
<br />nonsubstantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney.
<br />5.HISTORIC EXTERIOR MODIFICATION APPLICATION NO. 202503 FOR THE
<br />PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1804 NORTH GREENLEAF STREET LOCATED
<br />WITHIN THE SINGLEFAMILY RESIDENCE (R1) ZONING DISTRICT.
<br />Project Applicant: Jason and Anais Beith (Property Owner and Applicant)
<br />Project Description: Applicants are requesting approval of Historic Exterior
<br />Modification Application (HEMA) No. 202503 for the above property, known as the
<br />A.L. Glines House. Exterior modifications include construction of a secondstory rear
<br />addition to the residence and legalization of unpermitted work to the residence and
<br />detached garage. The secondstory addition will involve the removal of the rear hipped
<br />portion of the roof and construction of a taller gabled roof. Three unpermitted vinyl
<br />windows will be replaced with wood hung and awning type woodsash windows.
<br />Additionally, new hung and awning type woodsash windows will be added to the stucco
<br />clad exterior. A molding that traces the historic eaves will be retained and/or restored to
<br />differentiate the new construction from the historic building. Legalization of unpermitted
<br />work includes an upperstory addition on the rear south of the building, two attached
<br />wood pergolas, a wood rear deck, and a fixed pane window on the ground floor of the
<br />south elevation.
<br />Environmental Impact: Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
<br />and the CEQA Guidelines, the project is exempt from further review under Section
<br />15331 (Class 31), as this action is designed in a manner consistent with the Secretary
<br />of Interior’s Standards. A Notice of Exemption, ER No. 202581, will be filed for this
<br />project.
<br />Recommended Action:
<br />1. Adopt a resolution approving a Certificate of Appropriateness for Historic
<br />Exterior Modification Application No. 202503 as conditioned.
<br />ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
<br />6.NOMINATION OF TWO HISTORIC RESOURCES COMMISSIONERS TO
<br />PARTICIPATE IN 2025 CITY OF SANTA ANA HISTORIC PRESERVATION
<br />AWARDS AD HOC COMMITTEE – Ricardo Soto, Acting Planning Manager
<br />Recommended Action:
<br />1. Nominate two Historic Resources Commissioners to participate in 2025
<br />Historic Preservation Awards Ad Hoc Committee.
<br />*End of Business Calendar*
<br />STAFF COMMENTS
<br />COMMISSIONER COMMENTS
<br />ADJOURNMENT
<br />The next meeting of the Historic Resources Commission is scheduled for November 06,
<br />2025 at 4:30 PM in the Council Chamber, 22 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA.
<br />APPEAL INFORMATION: The formal action by the Commission shall become effective after
<br />the tenday appeal period. An appeal from the decision or requirement of the Commission
<br />may be made by any interested party, individual, or group. The appeal must be filed with the
<br />Clerk of the Council, accompanied by the required filing fee, and a copy sent to the Planning
<br />Department, within ten days of the date of the Commission's action, by 5:00 p.m. If the final
<br />day to appeal falls on a City Hall observed holiday or a day when City hall is closed, the final
<br />day to appeal shall be extended to the next day City Hall is open for public business. Please
<br />note: Under California Government Code Sec. 65009, if you challenge in court any of the
<br />matters on this agenda for which a public hearing is to be conducted, you may be limited to
<br />raising only those issues which you (or someone else) raised orally at the public hearing or in
<br />written correspondence received by the Commission or City Council at or before the hearing.
<br />MEETING INFORMATION
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<br />Submit a written comment
<br />You are invited to submit a written comment in one of the following ways:
<br />Visit the City’s Public Portal
<br />Email PBAecomments@santa-ana.org and reference the topic in the subject line.
<br />Mail to Gema Zapien, Acting Recording Secretary, City of Santa Ana, 20 Civic Center Plaza
<br />– M20, Santa Ana, CA 92701.
<br />Deadline to submit written comments, including any supplemental materials for
<br />consideration by the Historic Resources Commission, is 3:30 p.m. on the day of the
<br />meeting.Comments received after the deadline may not be distributed to the
<br />Commission but will be made part of the record. All attendees wishing to submit
<br />written comments or supplemental materials for distribution to Historic Resources
<br />Commission members during the in person meeting must provide 15 printed copies.
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