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June 20, 2016 Santa Ana Historical Preservation Society Dx. J�Uf le�t�a,H� e-�J�f4 ; M5se & Medical Museum 120 Civic Centex Drive West, 774 S� to QA, 92701-7505 li(7C.14) 947 Ir ;�pntaAnallistoxyxom Santa Ana City Council City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza, M-31 Santa Ana, CA 92701 Subject: Agenda Item 25F for City Council Meeting on June 21, 2016 - Salvage and Demolition Services Agreement at 710, 714 and 720 East Sixth Street Dear Mayor Pulido and City Council: The City of Santa Ana currently owns three vacant antique homes on east 6th Street, located in the historic Lacy neighborhood just west of the train station. The City intends to demolish these houses beginning July 1 st of this year to create a neighborhood park. The Santa Ana Historical Preservation Society (SAHPS) respectfully requests that the City Council not vote on Agenda Item 25F scheduled for the June 21, 2016 City Council meeting awarding a contract for the demolition of the houses at 710, 714 and 720 East Sixth Street. We suggest that the City Council continue the item to allow sufficient time for the community and Santa Ana Historical Preservation Society (SAHPS) to meet with the City's Parks Department to discuss the reuse of the house at 720 East Sixth Street as part of the future park, or to be moved to another location in Santa Ana. SAHPS and historical preservationists met with the City in February of this year to ask that it preserve one of the three homes (the 720 E. Sixth Street "Burgan" house, built in 1908) as part of the new park project, to be used for park or community purposes. Instead of working with the SAHPS, preservationists and the community to discuss the plan for the park, the City contacted the Santa Ana Historical Preservation Society in May to invite it to salvage the wood and other materials from the pending demolition prior to 7/11/2016. The City did this without responding to the SAHPS's and preservationists' request for a second meeting including the Parks Department to discuss preservation options such as reusing the 720 E. Sixth Street house for park or community purposes.