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Agenda Item 8
AGENDA REPORT Reviewed:
City Manager
Finance Director N/A
DECEMBER 3, 2019
MATTHEW WEST, CITY MANAGER
ELIZABETH BINSACK, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY UPDATE
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 June 5, 2018, the City Council adopted Resolution 18-40 which appropriated funding
to the Community Development Department to update the Survey. On May 2, 2019, the
Community Development Department released an RFP to qualified professionals to
update the Survey. 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 and accepted by Architectural Resources
Group.
On November 12, 2019, the Planning Commission, as Historic and Cultural Resources
Advisor, received a project overview presentation by Planning staff and Architectural
Resources Group.
RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Council receive and file the report.
FISCAL IMPACT:
All activities related to the survey update for the 2019-2021 fiscal years have received City
Council's approval and budget appropriation. City Council Resolution 19-47 amended the
Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) 2019-20 Action Plan by
reallocating funding from CDBG Program Administration activity to the Historic Resources
Survey Update.
City Council Report
December 3, 2019
Page 2
CORRELATION TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN:
Cultural and historic resources correlate to Goal A of the City of Tustin's Strategic Plan
pertaining to enhancing the vibrancy and quality of life in all neighborhoods and areas of
the community.
HISTORIC 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.
• Conduct intensive survey of previously identified properties to photograph and
update the documentation of properties.
• Provide high-quality digital photography of all historic resources.
• Provide database technology capable of being integrated with the City's
Geographical Information System (GIS).
• 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 also include outreach to the community and local community
groups over the course of survey update project 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 dedicated survey update page on the City of Tustin website with
current information on the status of the project.
• Provide three (3) status reports/presentations to the Planning Commission as
Historic and Cultural Resources Advisor.
• Provide final report/presentation to City Council.
City Council Report
December 3, 2019
Page 3
PROJECT TIMELINE:
Staff anticipates the following schedule for major milestones to occur during the survey
update process:
Planning Commission/Project Introduction
Presentation #1
Draft/Final Community Outreach Program
Design
Community Workshop #1
Conduct Background and Historic Context
Statement Research, Reconnaissance
Survey and Draft Report submittal and review
Community Workshop #2/Planning
Commission Update #2 (Status Report)
Conduct Intensive Survey
Draft Survey Report submittal and review
Planning Commission Update #3 (Draft
Final Survey Report Submittal
City Council
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Elaine Dove, AICP, RLA
Senior Planner
November 12, 2019
November, 2019 - January 2020
January/February, 2020
November, 2019 —August, 2020
September, 2020
October, 2020 — April, 2021
April — June, 2021 -
July, 2021
October, 2021
October, 2021
Elizabeth A. Binsack
Director of Community Development