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Don Kahler said that at the October 1, 2014 public forum for City Council candidates, George Bowen made mention of the East Pleasanton Specific Plan and Pleasanton Gravel's concern over the drowning of two young boys in a quarry pond south of Stanley Boulevard. Following the forum, Mr. Bowen received a number of emails from citizens questioning the validity of these comments. Mr. Kahler confirmed its validity and said he has shared this story, and the dangers of placing recreational trails near these lakes, with Zone 7, the City Council and Planning Commission. Nancy Harrington said she and her husband have enjoyed the partnership that allows them to share their love of art with the city. While they are aware that the city instituted a freeze on the installation of public art in the downtown, she and her husband recently acquired a limited edition piece from artist Susan Geissler that they felt would be a wonderful addition in front of Meadowlark Dairy. The Dairy agreed it would be a good home for Sunday with Jessie, a full sized statue of a chocolate Labrador licking ice cream from a young boy's face. After speaking with city staff and learning that the piece would not be accepted, she and Gary approached the City of Livermore who is very excited to find a home for the sculpture. She explained that she and Gary are pleased as they visit Livermore often and wanted to be forthcoming with the city about their plans. Mayor Thorne asked Mr. Fialho to speak to the issue of the moratorium. Mr. Fialho explained that at its Priority Setting Work Session, the Council discussed the city's public art program and conveyed to staff, the Civic Arts Commission and the Pass Committee a desire to slow installation of art in the downtown until the existing Harrington Art Plan is fully executed. As part of this plan, there are still several pieces yet to be relocated to the downtown. He explained that this new piece discussed by Mrs. Harrington would be in addition to that plan and its acceptance would not be in conformance with the direction received from the Council. In addition, the Civic Arts Commission and Pass Committee have spent considerable time discussing an appropriate process for identify and placing art in public places. As a public agency, the industry standard calls for identification of the location and then inviting select artists to suggest ways in which art could be well integrated into that public space. That being said, he stressed the city's full support of the Harrington Art Plan and staff continues to work with them to fully execute that program. Councilmember Cook-Kallio asked and Mr. Fialho confirmed that there are still 3 to 4 sites available for installation under the current program. Mr. Fialho clarified that neither the sites nor the art have been purchased or identified. He explained that once the art has been purchased, both the Planning Commission and representatives of the Pass Committee engage in public process to identify the appropriate location. John Huk addressed the Council regarding a tree matter on his property. David Miller encouraged the public to vote "no" on Measure BB, which would raise the existing 9% sales tax rate to 9.5%. He said the 30-year tax hike would drain nearly $8 billion from the local economy to fund a mixed bag of misplaced transportation priorities and serves as little more than a Bart, bus and builder bailout. He asked that the public consider that the measure does nothing to serve the city's school and infrastructure problems caused by the high-density housing disaster, relief for which will likely come from a new bond measure or parcel tax in the next several years. He also asked them to consider the money taken from Pleasanton by Measure BB could fund the construction of 11 elementary schools for the local population. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER MATTERS 10. Review and consider the Lions Wayside and Delucchi Parks Master Plan Assistant City Manager Yuan-Miu provided a brief introduction to the item, stating that In July 2013 the City Council was presented with two Master Plan options for Lions Wayside and Delucchi Parks. City Council Minutes Page 3 of 8 October 7, 2014