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Karen Diaz c,GZc'iN6 "f(�'l y4rccIpo <br /> Subject: FW: Historic Options ruvided to th a City Council <br /> 'After Distribution of Packet <br /> From: Peter MacDonald Date (Q —7`i a ./3_ <br /> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 5:19 PM <br /> To: Mayor and City Council <br /> Cc: <br /> Subject: Historic Options <br /> Good evening Members of.the Council, <br /> A family matter has come up which prevents me from being at City Council tonight. <br /> I support the points made in Jan Batcheller's letter to you yesterday and signed the Petition she is <br /> presenting you with. <br /> The City tried to institute a restrictive historic ordinance after the initial adoption of the Downtown <br /> Specific Plan, and residents successfully protested that we have too many restrictions now. And yet, <br /> historically significant properties are all being preserved already, along with some buildings not <br /> worthy of preservation. <br /> It is not enough to exempt just commercial properties from a historic ordinance because the <br /> restrictions that need updating are in the Historic Preservation chapter of the Downtown Specific <br /> Plan, which applies to all areas in the downtown — residential and commercial. The City should focus <br /> on updating and clarifying that Historic Preservation Chapter, and then a separate historic ordinance <br /> should become unnecessary. <br /> Take care, Pete <br /> Peter MacDonald <br /> Law Office of Peter MacDonald <br /> Pleasanton, CA 94566 <br /> r <br />