[Calclg-l] Mills Act Information Request

[Winterrowd, Cathy]

Hi All, responses from City of San Diego below.

Cathy Winterrowd
Senior Planner

-----Original Message-----
From: calclg-l-bounces at ohp.parks.ca.gov [mailto:calclg-l-bounces at ohp.parks.ca.gov] On Behalf Of Gates, Jennifer
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 2:15 PM
To: calclg-l at ohp.parks.ca.gov
Subject: [Calclg-l] Mills Act Information Request

Good Morning CLGs!  On Monday the 23rd, CPF will be holding a workshop
in San Clemente on the Mills Act and we would like to share what's
happening in other communities with the Mills Act program.  Please share
what's going on in your community when you have a minute.



1.       How old is your program?
        First contracts in 1996

2.       Eligibility: Are all listed buildings eligible for Mills Act
        All designated properties, individually significant and district contributors.

3.       Additions: Do you allow additions to historic structures under
the Mills Act if they follow the standards?  What size additions do
communities allow under the contract?  Are they assessed under the
special assessment?
        We allow additions, consistent with the Standards.

4.       Restoration Conditions: What type of improvements do
communities require within the 10 years, if any?  Do you add more after
the initial 10 years? What other restrictions/clauses does your
community require?
        We require maintenance, restoration and rehab if warranted.  Just started adding specific requirements, so not sure if we will require anything more than maintenance after initial 10 year period.  It is likely that as we monitor some of the older contracts we will identify work that is needed and add that to their contracts.

5.       Monitoring: How does your community track their contracts and
the improvements?
        We currently only monitor informally, we are working on a new fee and inspection schedule, along with other changes to our program.

6.       City Revenue Loss: Does your community maintain an assessment
tracker to understand the amount of city revenue "lost" every year due
to the special tax assessment?
        We have just recently been able to get these numbers from the County Assessor.  We are currently looking at a reduction of just over $1 million in property tax revenue to our general fund, from approximately 885 contracts.

7.       Lessons Learned/Recent Issues...

If you want a copy of the findings of this survey please send me an
email. -- Yes please send a copy of the survey findings.

Thank you!

Jennifer



Jennifer M. Gates, AICP ~ Associate Planner

City of San Clemente ~ Planning Division

910 Calle Negocio Suite 100 ~ San Clemente, Ca 92673

Phone: 949.361.6192 ~ Fax: 949.366.4750





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