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best of its era, it does, however, represent a diminishing inventory of vintage <br /> homes in the Historic Pleasanton Residential area. <br /> PHA is concerned about the random reduction of the inventory of heritage <br /> homes in Pleasanton and does not recommend demolition, but a restoration <br /> of the existing home. <br /> The proposed single- family homes are preferable to an apartment or <br /> condominium complex. The parcel is zoned for high density residential. <br /> However, the proposed project takes on the negative characteristics of a <br /> residential compound. PHA is concerned about the density of the project and <br /> would prefer a density resulting in a more family friendly project with fewer <br /> homes. <br /> The proposed windows are vinyl with no distinct mullions that add to the <br /> value of a home. We do not recommend the typical metal or flat grid <br /> window sections seen with today's less attractive, cheaper looking vinyl <br /> windows. We would recommend that the builder change out the vinyl <br /> windows in the homes that are viewed directly from the street and the front <br /> of each home to wood framed or high quality fiberglass with raised, <br /> authentic mullions and framing. We support the use of wooden garage doors <br /> as described in the exterior materials list. <br /> The architectural design of the 14 proposed homes does not speak to <br /> heritage homes that dominated Stanley Boulevard at one time. Matthew <br /> Davis, stated in his historic integrity review of the property: <br /> "The early twentieth century homes that remain along Stanley <br /> Boulevard are interspersed among sections of residential development <br /> of considerably more recent vintage, and they (heritage homes) are too <br /> widely dispersed to constitute a historic district on Stanley Boulevard at <br /> all." Unfortunately, the random demolition of classic vintage homes on <br /> Stanley Boulevard has been approved with no thought given to the loss of <br /> these classic homes as a group representing our past. The homes that have <br /> been approved to replace the heritage homes are within similar design <br /> parameters that speak to a more modern tract home look that has all but <br /> replaced the history on that street with homes that will not contribute to the <br /> housing stock 50 to 100 years from now. <br /> In order to maintain some link to "a sense of early twentieth century <br />