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Home My WebLink About9/3/2014 - STAFF REPORTS - 2.Q. iy V N A I C,4O/FGRt . CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT DATE: September 3, 2014 CONSENT AGENDA SUBJECT: MILLS ACT HISTORIC SITE CONTRACT - 360 CABRILLO ROAD UNIT 118 (HSPB #88/HD-3, RACQUET CLUB COTTAGES WEST) FROM: David H. Ready, City Manager BY: Planning Services SUMMARY This action would engage the City of Palm Springs into a standard Mills Act Agreement with Richard Cook and Christopher Macaluso owners of 360 Cabrillo Road Unit 118, (APN 504-131-026) and the Racquet Club Garden Villas HOA. The intent of this contract is to require maintenance and preservation of this Class 1 historic site in exchange for possible property tax relief as calculated by the County of Riverside. RECOMMENDATION: 1. Approve a Mills Act Historic Property Agreement between the City of Palm Springs Richard Cook, Christopher Macaluso and the Racquet Club Garden Villas Homeowners Association, for 360 Cabrillo Road Unit 118, a Class 1 historic site (HSPB #88 / HD-3). 2. Authorize the City Manager to execute the Agreement. 3. Direct the City Clerk to record the Agreement. STAFF ANALYSIS: On November 12, 2013 the City Council designated the Racquet Club Cottages West a Historic District (HSPB #88 / Historic District #3). The Racquet Club Cottages West Historic District is comprised of thirty-seven (37) residences clustered in twenty-one buildings. As such, each of the thirty-seven units are deemed "contributing" and are therefore subject to Class 1 regulations and are also each qualified for application for a Mills Act Historic Property Preservation Agreement. On July 8, 2014, the Historic Site Preservation Board voted (6-0-1), (La Voie abstained), to recommend that the City Council execute a Mills Act Contract between the City of Palm Springs, Richard Cook, Christopher Macaluso and Racquet Club Garden Villas HOA. ITEAr N. O. City Council Staff Report September 3, 2014- Page 2 Mills Act—360 Cabrillo Road Unit 118- Racquet Club Cottages West Historic District Pursuant with California Government Code Section 50280 — 50290 upon the application of an owner of any qualified historic property, the legislative body of a city may contract with the owner or agent to restrict the use of the property to carry out the purposes and goals of historic preservation of the property. Such a contract is commonly referred to as a "Mills Act Agreement" and it provides for possible alternative property tax rate calculations in exchange for specific and ongoing preservation and maintenance of the property, specifically its historically significant elements and characteristics. The property at 360 Cabrillo Road, Unit 118 has been deemed a "contributing structure" within the Racquet Club Cottages West Historic District. Pursuant to Municipal Code Section 8.05.125, contributing structures in a historic district are subject to Class 1 regulations and are designated Class 1 historic sites. State of California Governmental Code Section 50280.1 denotes that properties that are eligible for application of a Mills Act contract must be listed in a state, city, county official register of historic sites. As such, 360 Cabrillo Road, Unit 118 is qualified for a Mills Act Contract. At Racquet Club Cottages West, routine maintenance and upkeep of the building exteriors and grounds is a shared responsibility of the home-owners association (HOA) and the individual unit owners. Because of this shared responsibility, the Mills Act Agreement in this particular case has been drafted with both the homeowners and the HOA as parties to the agreement. If, in the future, other individual home owners at the Racquet Club Cottages West wish to pursue a Mills Act Agreement, the same contractual arrangement would apply. FISCAL IMPACT: None There is no known fiscal impact upon the city as a result of this recommended action. x Douglas R. vans David H. Ready Interim-Director of Planning Services City Manager Attachments: • Vicinity Map • City Council Action Summary (page 2) dated November 20, 2013. • HSPB Meeting Minutes (page 2) dated August 12, 2014 • Richard Cook and Christopher Macaluso letter to HSPB dated April 23, 2014 02 -OQpPL.q¢pO'O Department of Planning Services V�� .,M•.,� Vicinity Map N SAN CARLOS RD -- _.._ ... T _ . PICO RD _.�_ T - L '�. .,. �. � SANTA:CLARAWAY__,. SAN MARCO WAY_- -- SEPULVED ARD At o t , o , DOMW6U ZE RD r� Tom— z . .......... _ a' a ALVARADO RD .0 CORTEZ RD t 1 T� O. r � ! Legend ( l r 1 L o' 11 t a .. ®sae .-...- RACQUET CLUB RD �500'Radius -- Parcels CITY OF PALM SPRINGS CASE NO: HSPB 88/HD-3 360 DESCRIPTION: Application for a Mills Act Historic Cabrillo Road APN: 504-131-026 Property Agreement between the City of Palm Springs, Racquet Club Garden Villas HOA, Richard APPLICANT: Richard Cook and Cook and Christopher Macaluso of Unit 118 HSPB # Christopher Macaluso 88/HD-3 Zone: RGA-6 Sec. 03/T4/R4. 03 City Council ACTION SUMMARY November 20,2013 Page 2 Motion Councilmember Hutcheson, seconded by Councilmember Lewin an unanimously carried on a roll call vote. 1.13. ENDMENT TO THE PALM SPRINGS ZONING CODE REGARDING CH HES IN VARIOUS ZONES (CASE 5.1306 ZTA): ACTIO . Continue the Public Hearing with no public testimony at this time; 2) Dir staff and the Planning Commission to further review churches in the I Business District; and 3) Direct the City Clerk to re-notice pursuant to la . tion Councilmember Lewin, seconded by Councilmember Foat and un usly carried on a roll call vote. Councilmember Hutcheson stated he had a prope ated conflict of interest with respect to Item 1.C., would not participate in the discu or vote, and left 1.C. HISTORIC DISTRICT DESIGNATION FOR THE RACQUET CLUB COTTAGES WEST CONDOMINIUMS (NOW KNOWN AS THE RACQUET CLUB GARDEN VILLAS) AT 360 WEST CABRILLO ROAD (HSPB 88, HD-3): ACTION: Adopt Resolution No. M, "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, DESIGNATING THE RACQUET CLUB COTTAGES WEST LOCATED AT 360 CABRILLO ROAD AS HISTORIC DISTRICT NO. 3 (COMMON AREA APN 504-131-061) (HSPB 88, HD-3)." Motion Councilmember Foat, seconded by Councilmember Lewin and unanimously carried 4-0 on a roll call vote. AYES: Councilmember Foat, Councilmember Lewin, Mayor Pro Tern Mills, and Mayor Pougnet. NOES: None. ABSENT: Councilmember Hutcheson. Councilmember Hutcheson returned to the dais. 1.D. PROPOSED ORDINANCES ADOPTING AND AMENDING THE 2013 CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS CODE, ADOPTING AND MENDING THE 2013 CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE, ADOPTING AND They did not adopt Reso A DING THE 2012 INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE that was on Agenda, CODE, OPTING THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS BUILDING when to putOrdinances ces are ADMINIST E CODE, AND REPEALING ARTICLE Vll OF when Ordinances are adopted. CHAPTER 8.0 THE PALM SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO SWIM OOL SAFETY STANDARDS: Public Hearing Notice ACTION: 1) Waive the readin he text in its entirety and read by title Published. only and introduce on first reading ce No. =, "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, C NIA, AMENDING AND RESTATING ARTICLE I OF CHAPTER 8.04 O ALM SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE, ADOPTING BY REFERENCE, TO WITH 04 Historic Site Preservation Draft Minutes July 8,2014 Page 2 of 9 1.A. APPROVALMEETING. Approve as amended M/S/C Williamson/Hays (4-1-2) Ploss opposed, Dixon and La Voie abstained. 1. EQUEST BY BILL LEWALLEN (OWNER) FOR EXECUTION OF A MILLS STORIC PROPERTY PRESERVATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY SPRING, THE ROYAL HAWAIIAN ESTATES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATE L LEWALLEN FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 283 EAST TWIN PAL A CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE ELIGIBLE FOR CLASS 1 HISTORIC WITHIN THE ROYAL HAWAIIAN HISTORIC DISTRICT (HSPB 73 / HD-2). 1.C. REQUEST BY RICHARD COOK AND CHRISTOPHER MACALUSO, OWNERS FOR EXECUTION OF A MILLS ACT HISTORIC PROPERTY PRESERVATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, THE RACQUET CLUB GARDEN VILLAS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AND RICHARD COOK AND CHRISTOPHER MACALUSO, FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 360 CABRILLO ROAD UNIT 118, A CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE ELIGIBLE FOR CLASS 1 HISTORIC STATUS WITHIN THE RACQUET CLUB COTTAGES WEST HISTORIC DISTRICT, (HSPB 881 HD-3). M/S/C Ploss/Dixon Approve staffs recommendation (6-0-1) La Voie recused. I.D. REQUEST BY MICHAEL FLEMING AND LUIS A. LAVIN, OWNERS FOR EXECUTION OF A MILLS ACT HISTORIC PROPERTY PRESERVATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS AND MICHAEL LEMING AND LUIS A. LAVIN FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1860 DRIVE, A CLASS 1 HISTORIC SITE (HSPB 89). M/S/C App a staffs recommendation (7-0). 2. 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