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occupancy by working~class residents.g Eight of the 23 buildings that are the subject of this Historical Assessment were identified as contributors.. In addition, the original residence at 911 Brown Street was identified as a contributor; however, this residence was demolished and replaced by the current residence, constructed circa 1945, which was moved to the site in 1984. Since 1980, approximately 63 of the 99 contributing properties that comprised the Lauver French Park Residential Historic district identified in the Santa Ana Historic Survey have been demolished. Hislarr'c Resources group, L1.~, Historic anal Cultural Resources Survey, Sanfia ,4na jRenaissanceJ Specific Plan ~~oo~} This survey was conducted by HRG to provide historic preservation planning recommendations to the Santa Ana ~Renaissancej Specific Plan prepared far ~aule & Palyzoides.'° The reconnaissance- level survey utilized windshield survey methodology for its examination of the Specific Plan area, an irregular area that is bounded roughly by Civic Center Drive and Interstate 5 Santa Ana Freeway} an the north, Grand Avenue on the east, First Street and Fourth Street on the south, and Flower Street on the west. The survey found 257 identified or potential historic buildings eligible for listing in the federal, state, or City of Santa Ana historic registers within the Specific Plan area and recommended three neighborhoods First Street, Lacy, and Logan} far consideration as potential conservation overlay zanes~ The conservation overlay zone proposed far the Lacy neighborhood is bordered on the earth by Civic Center Drive, on the east by Poinsettia Street, on the south by Fourth Street, and on the west by Spurgeon Street and French Street. A conservation overlay zone is a planning tool that is typically used to acknowledge an area's local character or visual continuity and to provide general guidelines. Conservation districts that recognize older areas or historic settlement patterns often contain properties that fall short of meeting the criteria for a local, state, or national historic designation but nevertheless may have cultural or visual importance related to age or design." HRG recommended the establishment of a conservation overlay zone in the Lacy neighborhood on the basis of architectural integrity, citing the presence of several examples of properties with Queen Anne- and Craftsman-style design influences. Of the 23 buildings currently under consideration, 14 were identified by HRG, 7 of which were characterized as "contributors" and 7 as "altered contributors" to a potential Lacy neighborhood conservation overlay zone Table 5.2.2-1}. Two of the 14 properties were also identified as eligible for designation in the SARHP at the "Contributive" level. ICF Jones & Blokes, [~rafl l~r'storical Resources Evaluation (,~00~~ ICF Jones & Stakes conducted a historical resources evaluation to determine if 14 properties being considered by the City of Santa Ana Redevelopment Agency qualify as historical resources under Section 15~~4.5 of the California Environmental Quality Act 4CEQA} Guidelines. Four of the 23 buildings that are the subject of this Historical Assessment were evaluated by ICF Jones & Stokes as eligible far listing in the CRHR and, therefore, as historical resources under CEQA Table 5.2.2-1}. Cif 9 Cal iforn is Department of Parks and Recreation, C3ff ice of H istoric Preservation, lvlarch 1980. H istoric Resources lnver~tory Form: ~.ower French Parr Historic District. Sacramento, CA. '0 H istoric Resources Group, LLC. November ~OOb. Nistaric and Cultural resources Survey, Santa Ana Specific Plan, Administrative Draft. Prepared for; Ivloule ~ Polyzoides, Pasadena, CA. "Historic Resources Group, LLC. November X006. Nistoric and Ccrltura~ Resources Survey, Santa Aria Specific P#ar~. Administrative Draft. Prepared for: Mouie & Polyzoides, Pasadena, C~.. Station District Project ~ Nistorica! Assessment ~Iay 6, ,~Oi I Sapphos Fnviranme~ntal, Inc. UV,IPRC~JECTSII4~II147I-0U71DocumentslNistoricalAssessmer~tlFa.r~~~.;;;''~~~ ~~~~sufts.Doc Page 5-9