Amy Steward was snaking along the streets of Coronado, a lengthy spreadsheet in hand, visiting one address after another, when the police stopped her.

The city council member was assessing potentially historic properties block by block, but authorities worried she was casing homes. She chuckled as she told the story during the Oct. 21 meeting of the Coronado City Council, in which she said she hoped to visit every home that the city is poised to exempt from mandatory historic review.

Steward hopes to catch any of the exempted homes that may need a second look, and she will bring her list of those homes — so far, she’s identified about 40 — to a future council meeting.

With that in mind, the council voted unanimously to adopt a new historic context statement that will streamline the city

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