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Mike Carey January 26, 2016 Historic Resource Evaluation: 4791 Augustine St.,Pleasanton,CA Page 2 PAST Consultants, LLC Qualifications Founded in 2004, PAST Consultants, LLC (PAST) is a historic preservation consulting firm specializing in preservation planning, documentation, and conservation for historic and cultural resources. The California Department of General Services has certified PAST as both a Small Business and a Microbusiness. PAST's clients include the State of California, public agencies, architectural and engineering firms, museums, nonprofit organizations, preservation advocates and private property owners. PAST is represented on the California Historical Resources Information System (CHRIS) list of qualified historic consultants sponsored by the California Office of Historic Preservation. Principal Seth A. Bergstein meets the Secretary of the Interior's Professional Qualifications Standards in Architectural History and History. Mr. Bergstein has documented, analyzed and written about numerous building types including, residences, commercial buildings, agricultural properties, military buildings and housing, bridges, lighthouses, adobe buildings, train depots, hotels, industrial buildings, and other structures. Mr. Bergstein has written articles on historic contexts and the preparation of historic context statements, spoken at preservation conferences, led architectural tours and has been continuously involved with the statewide nonprofit California Preservation Foundation (CPF). Project Methodology Principal Seth A. Bergstein attended a site visit to the subject property on January 20, 2016, in which the property was photographed and surveyed to determine the existing condition of the building's remaining historic character-defining features and presence or absence of historic integrity. A records search was conducted in December 2015 and January 2016 at the City of Pleasanton's Planning and Building departments. The records search did not reveal any architect's drawings, nor did it reveal any permits that would date the various changes to the building. Based on the conditions assessment, it appears that the circa-1895 building has undergone changes to the front elevation, with the addition of a full-width front porch; and additions to the rear and right side elevations. Research for the project was conducted in January 2016 and included historic documents, genealogy research, clippings files, city directories and Sanborn maps located at the Museum on Main and the Pleasanton Public Library, in Pleasanton, California.