Pleasanton Weekly News
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The Pleasanton City Council saved a 101-year-old house just a block from the city's historic downtown from the wrecker's ball Tuesday while at the same time approving a plan to build 12 moderately-sized new homes next to it.
The council's action reversed a 4-0 decision last month by the city's Planning Commission to deny the bid by Ponderosa Homes for the 12-home project along the north edge of the Arroyo Del Valle. Commissioners said Ponderosa should decide the fate of the house first.
At Tuesday's council meeting, Planning Commissioner Arne Olson, who was absent from the July meeting, criticized the commission's decision. He said the Ponderosa plan would rid the 2.1-acre site at 4202 (Old) Stanley Blvd. of an unsightly 32-space trailer park and urged the council to approve it.