In May 2011, the City Council adopted the Planning Commissions recommendation to re-evaluate the Downtown Historic Preservation policies, guidelines, and processes as a Council Priority.

In November 2011, the City Council confirmed the appointees to the Task Force.  The 7-member Task Force is comprised of two members from the Planning Commission, and five Pleasanton residents.

The focus of the Historic Preservation Task Force will be to revisit selected sections of the Downtown Specific Plan and associated Downtown Design Guidelines, as well as other related documents.  The Historic Preservation Task Force will make recommendations to the City Council to help clarify City policy on historic preservation and development review processes in the Historic Downtown and other areas within the City. 

Within this framework, the task force’s initial discussions will emphasize a few significant topics: Definitions for teardown verses remodel, reconsideration of designated historic neighborhoods, consistency with the General Plan, Downtown Specific Plan, and the Historic buildings list, and to review the Historic buildings list.  It is envisioned that these recommendations will bring a measure of standardization by which to review projects proposed for historic buildings and neighborhoods, while protecting the historic character of the City.

Community members are invited to attend the meetings and provide input, Please see the meeting schedule page for times, dates, and locations of the meetings.

If you would like to be added to the interested parties list for correspondence of meeting materials via email, please send an email to: Rosalind Rondash at rrondash@ci.pleasanton.ca.us.