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Ms. Maya DeRosa, Senior Planner, presented a Powerpoint presentation and discussed Ms. Maya DeRosa, Senior Planner, presented a Powerpoint presentation and discussed with the Commission the proposed criteria for the evaluation of exterior modifications. Ms. Robyn Uptegraff, Executive Director, informed the (Commission that staff would further develop the criteria and bring a recommendation to thei, Commission at the next scheduled meeting. Commissioner Cribb requested that staff present two hypothetical examples at the next meeting of exterior modifications and the re-use of existing historic buildings and suggested that the examples be the Santora Building and the Phillips Block Building located on Fourth Street and Broadway. PUBLIC COMMENTS \rVllll 11 YlllGi1UV11, matters not listed on There were no comments. COMMENTS FROM STAFF AND THE COMMISSION 2. Comments from the Executive Director. There were no comments. 3. Comments from the Planning Manager and staff. Mr. Joseph Edwards, Principal Planner, informed the Commission that City Council approved the Property Improvement requirements for the Mills Act Agreem@nts. 4. Comments from the Citv Attornev. ', ' There were no comments. 5. Comments from the Historic Resources Commission. Commissioner Giles indicated that he would like staff to notify the property owners and the Commission a minimum of two weeks prior to meetings for the categorization of structures. Commissioner Gartner expressed that he enjoyed the preesentation for the categorization. Commissioner Corpin expressed that she was happy that the Commission had begun the process of categorizing the properties on the Register and cautioned the Commission regarding categorizing a large amount of properties as Landmark and stated that the properties categorized as Landmark should be the most outstanding structures. Commissioner Chinn informed staff that his name was Spelled incorrectly on the display on Channel 3 and requested it be corrected and stated that he would not be able to attend the next scheduled meeting. Commissioner Kings apprised staff that she received a letter from Grace Steiner and she was interested in placing her property on the Santa Ana Register and requested that staff contact Ms. Steiner and provide the remaining Commissioners a copy of the letter; reminded ' staff of the distributed memo, dated April 3, 2000, by Staff regarding placing the Christian Science Building on the Register and stated that 60 days would be the next scheduled Commission meeting; informed staff that she had received a fax from Zack Architecture requesting her personal opinion on a door solution for a, proposed restaurant in the Santora Building and she suggested that the two door solutions be included for discussion as an example in the exterior modification workshop; noted that Commission Chinn had provided a list of all of the downtown buildings that were on the National Register; and requested that staff research the possibility of sending Commission njembers and/or appropriate staff to the National Trust for Realtor Training for marketing historic structures and to the National Trust Convention in October. 6. Excuse of absences.