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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />AUGUST 4, 2015 <br />TITLE: <br />HISTORIC PROPERTY PRESERVATION <br />AGREEMENT FEE REDUCTION AND <br />PRIVATE PARTY NOMINATION TO SANTA <br />ANA REGISTER OF HISTORICAL <br />PROPERTIES FEE WAIVER {STRATEGIC <br />PLAN <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on I" Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2ntl Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Adopt a resolution extending the reduction of Historic Property Preservation Agreement fees and <br />waiver of fees for private party nominations of properties to the Santa Ana Register of Historical <br />Properties for an additional two years. <br />101&l[97 :3 Lai 3x-10111 Cis3 *Yd63JiIJ]I&'Mmtyme d1*11I <br />On April 2, 2015, the Historic Resources Commission recommended by a vote of 8:0 that the City <br />Council authorize the reduction of fees for Historic Property Preservation Agreement (also known <br />as Mills Act Agreement) by 50 percent and waive the fee for private party nominations of <br />properties to the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties for an additional two years. <br />In 2009, the City Council adopted a 100 percent full cost recovery policy for fees. This resulted in <br />a fee of almost $9,000 to designate a property to the city's historical register and to obtain a Mills <br />Act Agreement to allow a property tax incentive. <br />In September 2014, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2014 -050 to temporarily reduce <br />fees for a Historic Property Preservation Agreement by 50 percent, or $2,011.23, and waived the <br />$5,015.05 fee for private party nominations of properties to the Santa Ana Register of Historical <br />Properties. The fee amendments were approved for a period of one year and were intended to <br />encourage and promote historic preservation. Since the beginning of the historic preservation <br />program, the City has processed an average of ten applications per year. However, with the fee <br />reduction, over 40 applications were processed in 2014. <br />55A -1 <br />