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DRAFT 6. Adopted PMC Amendments to (a) allow the City to require story poles for a new house or two-story addition when determined to be necessary; and (b) prevent demolition by neglect for single-family homes. 7. Accepted the Pleasanton Downtown Historic Context Statement as a resource to assist in determining historical significance. Mr. Otto stated that the Council also initiated two additional items to be completed in the future: (a) the Historic Resource Survey to determine which structures are historic or not; and (2) a code amendment to expand the City's existing design review authority. He indicated that those two items are what will be discussed tonight. Historic Resource Survey Mr. Otto stated that one of the streamlining recommendations to come from the Task Force was to have the Historic Resource Survey done. He explained that currently, applicants who want to make modifications to existing structures built before 1942 would have to complete their own Historic Resource Survey to determine if the structure is historic or not. He indicated that the Task Force and the Council felt that having a comprehensive one done for the structures Downtown would be both time-saving and money-saving for applicants, as well as provide some information when people are potentially purchasing a property, such as whether or not it was historic, and purchase accordingly based on that. Mr. Otto stated that the primary authors of the survey, which is a fairly thick document, are Katherine Petrin and Elaine Stiles working with Architectural Resources Group. He then presented the floor to Ms. Petrin to provide a brief description of their survey analysis on the structures. Katherine Petrin stated that for some years, the City of Pleasanton has wanted to bring a greater level of consistency to its historic preservation efforts and sought to develop a Historic Context Statement which would lay out the significant themes and the historic development of Pleasanton and identify the general property types that are associated with each theme. Ms. Petrin stated that most cities that have a historic preservation program will have one that has a multitude of different parts and pieces: it can be a preservation ordinance, a preservation element of a General Plan, or a historic context statement survey or districting. She indicated that the historic context statement and the survey go hand in hand, which is most definitely the case with the work that has been done in Pleasanton. She explained that the historic context statement lays out the themes, and the survey is a follow-up next step that is more intensive and specifically researches the specific properties within the area it surveyed. Ms. Petrin stated that the methodology they used in the survey followed the National Register standards and the California State Office of Historic Preservations Standards. DRAFT EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, 10/14/2015 Page 2 of 18