25G - AGMT MILLS ACT 927 W 20TH STREET

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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: DECEMBER 5, 2017 TITLE: APPROVAL OF HISTORIC PROPERTY PRESERVATION AGREEMENT NO. 2017- 33 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 927 WEST TWENTIETH STREET (STRATEGIC PLAN NOS. 5, 2; 5, 3) CltMANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: ❑ As Recommended ❑ As Amended ❑ Ordinance on 1a Reading ❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading ❑ Implementing Resolution ❑ Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute the attached Mills Act agreement with Timothy M. Johnson and Ann C. Johnson, Trustees of the Johnson Family Trust, for the structure located at 927 West Twentieth Street, subject to non -substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. HISTORIC RESOURCES COMMISSION ACTION On November 9, 2017, the Historic Resources Commission recommended by a vote of 7:0 (Nguyen absent) that the City Council authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute the attached Mills Act agreement with Timothy M. Johnson and Ann C. Johnson, Trustees of the Johnson Family Trust, for the structure located at 927 West Twentieth Street, subject to non -substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. DISCUSSION In September 2014, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2014-050 to temporarily reduce fees for a Historic Property Preservation Agreement by 50 percent and waive the fee for private party nominations of properties to the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties. The fee reduction program was approved for a period of one year and was intended to encourage and promote historic preservation. In August 2015, City Council adopted Resolution No. 2015-039 to extend the fee reduction program until August 4, 2017. City Council did not reauthorize the waiver and temporary reduction of certain Historic Application fees. Thus, as of August 4, 2017 the Historic Listing Application fee of $5,597.24, and the Mills Act Application fee of $4,257.40 were reinstated. City staff will be conducting a survey of other City historic programs and related fiscal impacts, and providing City Council with recommendations to modify Santa Ana's Historic Preservation Program practices in the early 2018. This action allows for the approval of a Historic Property Preservation Agreement (Mills Act Contract) which provides a potential property tax reduction allowing the property owner to reinvest the tax savings into the maintenance of,the 25G-1