DATE: July 19, 2016
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Assistant City Manager
SUBJECT
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Approval of an Application for and Authorization for the City Manager to Accept an Application for a Mills Act Historical Property Contract for the Property Located at 22654 Main Street
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the Council approves the application for a Mills Act Historical Property Contract and adopts the attached resolution (Attachment I) authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Mills Act Historical Property Contract for the Property Located at 22654 Main Street ("Green Shutter Hotel").
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BACKGROUND
At the May 3, 2016 City Council meeting, the City Council passed the Mills Act Historical Property Contract Ordinance, Hayward Municipal Code (HMC) Chapter 10, Article 27 (see related file LB 16-052, Adoption of Ordinance Establishing the Hayward Mills Act Historical Property Contract Program. May 3, 2016 Council Meeting).
The goal of this program is to help provide financial assistance through a property tax abatement for property owners of certain qualified historical properties. Those property owners would then utilize the tax savings to help pay for improvements to the historical property. Since the passage of this program, the City has received one completed application.
DISCUSSION
Per HMC Chapter 10, Article 27, Section 040, each Mills Act Historical Property Contract must include the following:
1. Minimum term of ten years; and
2. The owner's commitment and obligation to preserve and, when necessary, restore and rehabilitate the property to conform to the rules and regulations of the Office of Historic Preservation of the State of California Department of Parks and Recreation, the United States Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation, and the State historical building code; and
3. The owner's permission for periodic examinations of the interior and exterior of the premis...
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