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12/17/2013
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Adjustments to the Focus of the Task Force <br /> The overwhelming response from the Downtown commercial property owners was that <br /> they did not support any inclusion of commercial properties into a Historic District <br /> (Attachment 4). Based on the feedback provided by the residents and property owners <br /> of commercial properties in the Downtown area, the Task Force has reconsidered its <br /> position of creating a Historic District that would incorporate the commercial areas of the <br /> Downtown. Therefore, if the Task Force forwards a recommendation to establish a <br /> local Historic District, the draft District Map (Attachment 2) will be modified to reflect the <br /> elimination of the commercially zoned properties within the Downtown area. <br /> DISCUSSION <br /> The Task Force has focused its discussion on several areas where it found the City's <br /> overall approach to historic preservation to merit additional review and potential <br /> changes. These include the following: <br /> 1. Inadequate Standards of Significance. The current practice of using eligibility <br /> for the California Registry allows too many historic buildings to be demolished. <br /> 2. Definition of Demolition. Because historic buildings are generally not allowed to <br /> be demolished (whatever the standard is or will be), it is essential to have a good <br /> definition of what comprises a demolition. <br /> 3. Design Review. The City's current lack of design review authority for exterior <br /> changes to the first floors of historic residential buildings has and can allow <br /> inappropriate changes to be made to such buildings <br /> 4. Implementation of Existing Policies and Guidelines. Existing policies and <br /> guidelines in the Downtown Specific Plan and Downtown Design Guidelines are <br /> either not clear or not adequately enforced. <br /> 5. Clarity of Process. There is not enough clarity in the processes for doing a <br /> project in a historic area or to a historic structure. <br /> 6. Incentives. There are no realistic incentives for those required to do historic <br /> preservation. <br /> Each of these issues is discussed in more detail below. <br /> 1. Inadequate Standards of Significance. The Task Force feels that the City <br /> currently allows or could potentially allow too many older buildings to be <br /> demolished because our standards of significance, based on State Criteria, are <br /> not strict enough to preserve all historic buildings that are important to <br /> Pleasanton. Current policies only protect historic properties from demolition if the <br /> structures are eligible for the California Register of Historic Resources, a <br /> relatively high bar. One way to address such a problem is to implement local <br /> standards through a local Historic District. <br /> Page 3 of 10 <br />
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