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MEETING DATE: NOVEMBER 12. 2019
TO: PLANNING COMMISSION AS HISTORIC AND CULTURAL
RESOURCES ADVISOR
FROM: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
SUBJECT: HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY UPDATE
BACKGROUND
On March 26, 2019, the Planning Commission, as Historic and Cultural Resources
Advisor, approved a Work Program for 2019. The Work Program included an update of
the City's Historic Resources Survey (Survey), last prepared in 2003.
On May 2, 2019, the Community Development Department released an RFP to qualified
professionals to update the Survey. The Survey was last updated in 2003. During the
months of August and September 2019, staff conducted interviews with each of the five
(5) consultants who responded to the RFP, with a second interview and contract offered
to Architectural Resources Group.
HISTORICAL RESOURCES SURVEY UPDATE
The survey's scope of work includes the following:
• Review historic contexts contained in the 1990 and 2003 surveys and update as
needed. The context statement will focus on historic themes and patterns that
have shaped the City of Tustin.
• Conduct a reconnaissance field survey to identify potential significant areas or
specific properties that warrant a more intensive study and to review previously
identified properties for integrity and to identify modifications to existing
resources. Newly proposed resources would need to meet the National and
California Registers and local criteria for designation to qualify for inclusion in the
updated survey.
• Provide high-quality digital photography of all historic resources.
• Provide database technology capable of being integrated with the City's
Geographical Information System (GIS).
Planning Commission Report
November 12, 2019
Page 2
Analyze opportunities and constraints of expansion of the Cultural Resources
District to the north (First Street to Irvine Boulevard between Yorba Avenue and
Prospect Avenue).
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
The survey update will include outreach to the community and local community groups
as follows:
• Conduct two (2) community workshops.
• Meet with community groups including Tustin Area Historical Society, Tustin
Preservation Conservancy and Tustin Chamber of Commerce Economic
Development (TED).
• Provide advance notice to neighborhoods undergoing survey work.
• Provide a City of Tustin website dedicated survey update page.
• Provide two (2) status reports to the Planning Commission as Historic and
Cultural Resources Advisor.
• Provide one (1) repo rtlpresentation to City Council.
PROJECT TIMELINE
Staff anticipates the following major milestones to occur during the survey update
process:
• Project Commencement/ Data November 2019
Collection
• Historic Context Statement December 2019 - June 2020
Preparation
• Public Project Kickoff Meeting January 2020
• Reconnaissance Survey February—April 2020
• Community Workshop #2 April 2020,
• Planning Commission Update April 2020
• Intensive Survey July-October 2020
• Draft Survey Report October 2020—January 2021
• Final Report April 2021
• Planning Commission Update May 2021
• City Council June 2021
Planning Commission Report
November 12, 2019
Page 3
RECOMMENDATION
That the Planning Commission receive and file the report.
EI 'ne Dave, AICP, RLA Elizabeth A. Binsack
Senior Planner Director of Community Development