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City of Pleasanton, Draft General Plan Page 2 October 9, 2008 "Long before the Europeans arrived, the Ohlone Indians lived in the Tri-Valley with its plentiful oak, black walnut, and other trees, and with its long native grasses and extensive marshlands all teeming with wildlife." Our next concern is found under Section 6 Public Facilities and Community Programs Element. Here we encounter some subheadings that may have some tangible relationship to our Tribe's history and heritage and our relationship with Pleasanton's general public. These potential relationships are in reference with: 1) Schools and Education, and 2) Community Facilities and Cultural Arts. Discussion and Comments: Relateive to "Schools and Education" and "Community Facilities and Cultural Arts," over the past 20 years our Tribe has tried to communicate with and interact with some City officials in order to allow our Tribe (representing over 450 members who are either living members or the direct descendants of the previously federally recognized tribe historically known as the Verona Band of Alameda County), to 1) develop interpretive educational displays at public places for school groups and the general public; 2) to have some oversight over the disposition of our ancestral remain when they were discovered at the many ancestral cemetery sites as a consequence of urban expansion, and 3) to interact and celebrate in a meaning way with the citizens of Pleasanton as in the case of the November 11, 2002 Veteran's Day Parade. We are further troubled by what is presented in Section 7 Conservation and Open Space, under the subheading of Cultural Resources Archaeological Resources which provides the following statements: Ohlone (or Costanoan) habitation, Spanish settlers during the mission period, immigrants during the California Gold Rush, and people drawn to Pleasanton for agricultural and other resources weave into the rich tapestry of Pleasanton's cultural history. Each period of settlement in Pleasanton has added a new Layer to its cultural fabric with burials, place names, streets and buildings, religions, and institutions.... Archaeological remains are scattered throughout the Pleasanton Planning Area, and concentrate mostly along arroyos and near former marshlands and springs. According to a review of available records by the Northwest Information Center of the California Archaeological Inventory, there are several recorded and reported prehistoric and historic archaeological sites in the Pleasanton Planning Area. These sites include a prehistoric camp or temporary village, a prehistoric occupation site with mortars, pestles, and arrowheads; two sites that contain chert tools and cranial fragments; and an historic farmhouse. Because archaeologists have surveyed so little of the Planning Area, it is likely that there are additional buried resources beyond those reported and/or recorded and inventoried. (page 7 -17) We also read under the Goals, Policies and Programs Section 7 under Cultural Resources Goal 4 Designate, preserve, and protect the archaeological and historic resources within the Pleasanton Planning Area which further specifies that under: Policy 5 Program 5.1: When reviewing applications for development projects, use information regarding known archaeological finds in the Planning Area to determine if an archaeological study, construction monitoring or other mitigations are appropriate....