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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
3900 MAIN STREET
RIVERSIDE, CA 92522
(951) 826-5567
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING RESOLUTION 22332 TO
REMOVE THE EUCALYPTUS TREE AS A CONTRIBUTING FEATURE
FROM THE HAWTHORNE HOUSE CITY LANDMARK DESIGNATION
NO. 123.
WHEREAS, the City adopted Resolution No. 22332 on January 17, 2012, approving the application under Planning Case No. P11- 0663 to designate a two-story residence known as A.C.E.
Hawthorne House (“Hawthorne House”) with a related Eucalyptus tree (“Hawthorne Eucalyptus Tree”) located at 3697- 3747 Monroe Street, at the southeast corner of Monroe Street and Magnolia Avenue, within the City of Riverside, California, Assessor’s Parcel Number s 231-020-026 and 231- 020-032, as described and depicted in Exhibit “A” and Exhibit “B” attached hereto and incorporated herein, as City Historic Landmark No. 123; and
WHEREAS, a Cultural Resources Analysis was completed by Bill Wilkman of Wilkman Historical Services, because of the determination that the Hawthorne Eucalyptus Tree’s health was in a fairly rapid decline; and
WHEREAS, the report found that although the Hawthorne Eucalyptus Tree was historically related to the Hawthorne House, the distance and development between the two renders its relationship to the residence very weak and fails to qualify as a contributor to a historic resource; and WHEREAS, the report recommended that the Hawthorne Eucalyptus Tree may be removed as a contributing feature from the Hawthorne House Landmark Designation; and WHEREAS, on May 21, 2025, the Cultural Heritage Board of the City of Riverside conducted a duly noticed public hearing on said application and recommended the approval of the modification to the City of Riverside City Historic Landmark #123 for the Hawthorne House, described above, based on the following facts and findings:
NON-CONTRIBUTOR FINDING B : No longer possesses integrity due to alterations, disturbances, additions, or other changes; and
FACTS: Based on the re -evaluation by Wilkman and the rapid declining health of the tree, the tree no longer possesses the level of integrity required to be considered a contributing feature. Per Section 20.50.010, Integrity means the ability of a cultural resource to convey its
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significance. To retain integrity a cultural resource must retain most of the aspects that closely relate to the resource's significance including location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. As the tree is not a built structure, the design, materials, and workmanship aspects of integrity are not applicable. Of the remaining aspects, the tree only retains an integrity of location as it is still in its present location. The integrity aspects of setting, feeling, and association have been significantly impacted by surrounding site improvements that began in the early 1980s. Although these site changes predate both evaluations, the updated evaluation places greater emphasis on the integrity impacts created by these improvements. As expressed by in the report, they created a visual separation of the tree from the Hawthorne House, which is approximately 870- feet from the tree. As noted in the Landmark designation, the eucalyptus tree was part of the original windrow that surrounded the citrus grove. The citrus grove and all other windrow trees were removed by the mid-twentieth century. The tree and the house are separated by parking lots, roadways, various landscaping, and two- story student house buildings. Additionally, the tree is situated in the middle of a roadway and surrounded by a raised planter. With the surrounding development and planter enclosure the setting and feeling of the tree as a windrow for a citrus grove is now longer present. Additionally, the association with the Hawthorne House has been compromised. The report states, “Given the tree’s 870- foot distance from the Hawthorne Residence and the presence of landscaping and buildings that obscure the view of the tree from the residence, the tree can no longer seen as an entity that is associated with the residence.”
NON-CONTRIBUTOR FINDING C : Does not independently meet the designation criteria as defined in this title.
FACTS: The tree was designated in association with the Hawthorne House under criterion A.
However, it does not independently meet this criterion. Eucalyptus trees were commonly used as windbreaks in citrus groves across Southern California, as well as for other purposes.
This tree does not represent a unique or defining example of that practice; therefore, the tree does not independently (without its association with the Hawthorne House) serve as special
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elements of the City's cultural, social, economic, political, aesthetic, engineering, architectural, or natural history.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Riverside, California that:
Section 1: That the above recitals are found to be true and correct and are hereby incorporated as if stated in full.
Section 2: Resolution No. 22332 is amended to remove the Hawthorne Eucalyptus Tree as a contributing feature from the Hawthorne House City Landmark designation.
Section 3: All other provisions of Resolution No. 22332 shall remain in effect.
Section 4 : The City hereby finds that this resolution is not subject to review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Rule) and 21084.1 (Historical Resource), as it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity will have a significant effect on the environment.
ADOPTED by the City Council this ________ day of _____________________, 2025.
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PATRICIA LOCK DAWSON
Mayor of the City of Riverside
ATTEST:
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DONESIA GAUSE
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
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I, Donesia Gause, City Clerk of the City of Riverside, California, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the City Council of said City at its meeting held on the _________day of _____________, 2025, by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes:
Noes:
Absent:
Abstain:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF , I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Riverside, California, this ________ day of ______________, 2015.
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DONESIA GAUSE
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
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