25G - AGMT MILLS ACT 927 W 20TH STREET

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HRCA No. 2017-29, HRC No. 2017-28 HPPA No. 2017-33 November'9, 2017 Page 2 property any building or part thereof, object, structure, or site having importance to the history or architecture of the city in accordance with the criteria set forth in Section 30-2 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC). This project entails applying the selection criteria established In Chapter 30 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (Places of Historical and Architectural Significance) to determine if this structure is eligible for historic designation to the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties. The first criterion for selection requires that the structures be 50 or more years old. The structure Identified meets the minimum selection criteria for inclusion on the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties pursuant to criteria contained in Section 30-2 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code as the property is 61 years old and is a good example of period architecture. No known code violations exist on record for this property. The property, recognized as the E. A. Swanson House, is located within the West Floral Park neighborhood boundaries and has distinctive architectural features of the Ranch Style. The residence was built In 1956 by notable builder Roy Russell. West Floral Park acquired its current identity as a neighborhood of expansive, California Ranch Style houses in the years following 1947. Development started ,slowly, with around two dozen homes being built on Baker, Olive, Towner, and Westwood Streets between 1947 and 1950. Construction boomed during the 1950s and 1960s. West Twentieth Street began to be developed circa 1956-1962, according to listings in the city directories at the time. One builder In particular has come to be associated with West Floral Park: Roy Rodney Russell. The son of Roy Roscoe Russell, who developed much of Victoria Avenue in Floral Park, Roy Rodney Russell formed a partnership with his father, called Roy Russell and Son, Builders, in 1945. They began building homes on speculation, usually around 15 or 20 each year. Following the death of his father in 1965, Roy Rodney Russell continued to build, mostly custom homes and many of them In West Floral Park. Character defining features of the E. A. Swanson House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to: materials and finishes; one -and -a -half story height; asymmetrical facade; side -gabled roof (including configuration, intersecting front gables, detailing such as exposed rafters); exterior materials (wood and brick); entry porch (configuration, materials, front door, details such as turned wood column); fenestration (horizontal, multi -light, metal -framed windows); shed -roof canopies over side entry and window; and front walkway, including brick stairs to porch (Exhibit 2). It is recommended that the house be designated to the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties and categorized as "Contributive" because it "contributes to the overall character and history" of West Floral Park and "is a good example of period architecture" as an intact example of the Ranch Style. Mills Act Agreement Ordinance No. NS -2382 authorized the Historic Resources Commission to execute Historic Property Preservation Agreements (HPPA), commonly known as Mills Act agreements for eligible properties (Exhibit 3). To be eligible for the Mills Act, the property must be listed on the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties. The Historic Resources Commission Application and Historic Register Categorization actions proposed for this site authorize the listing of the property on the local register. 25G-4