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3. Introduce the draft ordinance approving Case P15-0384, amendment to the Pleasanton Municipal Code as shown in Attachment 1; and 4. Discuss and provide direction to staff whether to pursue a separate (additional) Municipal Code amendment to expand design review authority to include the exterior of non-historic single-family homes in residential zoning districts in the Downtown Specific Plan Area. FINANCIAL STATEMENT No fiscal impact to the City or public services is anticipated. BACKGROUND In December 2011, the City Council appointed a seven-member ad hoc Historic Preservation Task Force to review the City's Downtown historic preservation policies, guidelines, and processes. After several public meetings, the Task Force developed and recommended amendments to the General Plan, Downtown Specific Plan, Downtown Design Guidelines, and Pleasanton Municipal Code. On January 21, 2014, the City Council approved amendments to the City's historic preservation policies and regulations. Although the adopted amendments did not include any changes to the City's design review authority for exterior changes to single-family homes, the Task Force recommended that the City Council continue to evaluate this item to ensure that changes to single-family structures are consistent with the Downtown Specific Plan and Downtown Design Guidelines. The Council agreed to have future discussion of this subject, which occurred at the November 18, 2014 City Council hearing. At that hearing, the Council directed staff to initiate a Municipal Code amendment to expand design review authority for "historic" single-family homes in the Downtown Specific Plan Area (although "historic" was not defined). At that same hearing, the Council approved a professional services agreement with Architectural Resources Group, Inc. (ARG) for the preparation of a historic resource survey of the residential structures Downtown that were built before 1942 to determine which are considered historic resources. Please refer to the attached Planning Commission staff report, dated October 14, 2015 (Attachment 5), for additional background information. The historic resource survey and Code amendment are now before the Council for review and final decision. PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND DISCUSSION The proposal is: 1) acceptance of the Historic Resource Survey; and 2) consideration of a Municipal Code amendment to require Administrative Design Review approval for certain exterior changes to single-family homes in residential zoning districts within the Downtown Specific Plan Area that are determined to be historic resources. The proposed amendment and survey are discussed below and are described in more detail in the attached Planning Commission staff report. This report also includes supplemental discussion regarding initiating a separate Municipal Code amendment to expand design review authority to include other single-family homes in the Downtown Specific Plan area, such as those built before 1942 that weren't determined to be historic resources. Page 2 of 8