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City of Pleasanton, Draft General Plan Page 10 October 9, 2008 Therefore, I would once again thank you for contacting our Tribal office with regards to the Draft General Plan and we would like for the City of Pleasanton to include accurate and updated ethnographic and legal information about our Tribe and our concerns. In the past we have been troubled by the generic treatment in EIR's and General Plans about our Tribe's history and heritage, which are usually fraught with myths, stereotypes and much outdated and undernourished information, usually cited from either Malcolm Margolin's interpretive fantasy The Ohlone Way, and/or Levy's section "Costanoan" in the Handbook on North American Indians, Vol. 8. 1978. Based upon the information and concerns stated above, the Pleasanton Planning Area does indeed have significant historic and cultural meaning to our Tribe. Therefore, we would like to obtain copies of the "pending" cultural resources sections that are to be included in this General Plan. Furthermore, our Tribe does not want to find itself in the position of being disenfranchised and caught -up in the `old boy" archaeological mitigation process. We insist on being contacted whenever any of our ancestral cemetery or village sites are either threatened or discovered by construction activities. We insist on being full participants in this planning process. Should you have any additional questions or would like to obtain primary documentation, please contact our Tribal office at 408 434 -1668 or my cell phone at 408 914 -5797 and I will be happy to interact with the Planning Department staff. Finally, I would like to obtain a copy of the cultural Final version of the General Plan for the City of Pleasanton. On behalf of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area, Rosemary Cambra, Chairwoman CC: Muwekma Ohlone Tribal Council City of Pleasanton, Draft General Plan Cultural Resources File