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Additional comments made by the Council as well as public comments are located in the <br /> attached meeting minutes (Exhibit F). <br /> II. PROJECT DESCRIPTION <br /> Based on the direction it received from the City Council check-in and public feedback received at <br /> the various public meetings, the Task Force developed and is recommending amendments to the <br /> General Plan, Downtown Specific Plan, Downtown Design Guidelines, and Pleasanton <br /> Municipal Code to modify the existing Downtown historic preservation policies and design <br /> guidelines, implement story pole requirements, and address demolition by neglect for single- <br /> family homes. All of the amendments would be limited to the Downtown Specific Plan Area. <br /> Highlights of the proposed amendments are described below. <br /> Downtown Specific Plan Amendments <br /> Local Standards of Significance <br /> One of the key decisions the Task Force had to make was selecting the criteria to use to <br /> determine whether a residential structure is considered a historic resource and subject to <br /> additional protection from demolition. The current Specific Plan policies only protect historic <br /> properties from demolition if the structures are eligible for the California Register of Historic <br /> Resources, a relatively high bar. The Task Force felt that the existing policies allow or could <br /> potentially allow too many older homes to be demolished. <br /> The Historic Context Statement prepared for the Task Force identifies primary themes in the <br /> history of Pleasanton and connects those themes to the built environment by identifying property <br /> types associated with each theme. The Task Force recommends requiring and using the Context <br /> Statement as a resource when determining whether a structure is eligible for listing in the <br /> California Register. Using the Context Statement would essentially provide protection from <br /> demolition any structure that provided sufficient components of one of the property types <br /> identified in the Context Statement (e.g., Craftsman, Queen Anne, etc.), provided that it retained <br /> its historical integrity (i.e., it had not been altered such that its character-defining features have <br /> been removed or destroyed). <br /> Important to any decision on local standards is the time frame through which individual <br /> properties are determined to be historic resources. While the State standards use a rolling 50- <br /> years or older time period, the Task Force wanted to set a specific date before which buildings <br /> would be considered a historic resource if they matched one of the property types identified in <br /> the Context Statement and retained their integrity. The Task Force selected 1942 as it felt that <br /> no structures of historical or architectural significance were built in Pleasanton during or after <br /> the US involvement in World War II. Since peoples' perception of architectural significance <br /> can change over time, the Task Force included a clause that the 1942 date be revisited every 10 <br /> years to see if a change is warranted. <br /> P13-2446/P13-4447/P13-4448 Page - 5- November 13, 2013 <br />
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