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-yll�► <br /> MUWEKMA OHLONE INDIAN TRIBE <br /> OF THE San Francisco BAY AREA REGION <br /> 'Innu Husiiitak Makii Mak- Muwekma "The Road To The Future For Our People" <br /> October 9, 2008 <br /> I LETTER 1 I <br /> TRIBAL CHAIRPERSON <br /> ROBEMART CAMERA <br /> Ms. Janice Stern <br /> TRIBAL VICE CHAIRPERSON <br /> MONICA V. ARELLANO Principal Planner <br /> TRIBAL COUNCIL City of Pleasanton <br /> JOANN BROSS City Hall <br /> GLORIA B. GOMEE <br /> ROBERT MARTINEZ, JR. Planning, Public Works, Utility Billing, Business License <br /> RICHARD M 200 Old Bernal Avenue <br /> KARL THOYPBON /TRE Pleasanton, CA 94566 <br /> PATE THOMP/ON -PREI <br /> TRIBAL ADMINISTRATOR Dear Ms. Stern: <br /> NORMA B. /ARCH.. <br /> Thank you for contacting our Tribal office with a copy of the Draft Pleasanton <br /> General Plan 2005 2025. <br /> The following constitutes only a partial response from our Tribe as part of the "SB 18 <br /> Tribal Consultation" process relative to this Draft General Plan for the City of <br /> Pleasanton. <br /> Based upon a review of this Draft General Plan, it appears that there is a key section <br /> not included within this document that directly relates to and has great implications <br /> for our people. As the only BIA documented aboriginal and historic previously <br /> federally recognized tribe within the San Francisco Bay region and also having <br /> direct cultural, religious and historic ties to the greater East Bay area and specifically <br /> to the City of Pleasanton we are concerned that our Tribe not be excluded from <br /> having more than just lip service input into this proposed General Plan. <br /> We note that on page 1 -2 in the Draft General Plan currently omits specific and <br /> detailed information about our Tribe's history and heritage. Also troubling is found <br /> on Table 1 entitled State Mandated Information Related to Pleasanton General <br /> Plan and specifically under the subheading Open Space Native American Places, <br /> Features, and Objects in the "Location by Elements" which notes that the <br /> availability of this section is "Pending." <br /> This "Pending" status means to us that at present there is no way to for our Tribe to <br /> comment on this section, or assessing how it directly relates and affects our history, <br /> heritage and historic relationship to the proposed General Plan for the City of <br /> Pleasanton. <br /> Furthermore, we note that on page 1 -12 under the subheading Setting, this section <br /> presents only a cursory paragraph about our Tribe's history and heritage, stating that: <br />