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The City of Pleasanton has always prided its self as The City of Planned Progress. What you see in the Pleasanton Community today is a result of past community leaders that held fast to the saying: "How can we get it done?' They developed plans and strategies that evolved into all of our community assets. Not everyone has agreed with that approach but I do not see many citizens fleeing our community because of those actions. In fact it is those assets that attract many new families to Pleasanton. Each of the adopted specific plan areas over the last 30 years within our community continue to evolve. Amendments have occurred to meet market and community needs.The East Pleasanton Specific Plan is a long range vision for the project area. It is a frame work for the future. It will most likely be amended from time to time to meet the aforementioned activities. No specific entitlements will be enacted by this Specific Plan. Let's complete the environment process, make any modifications that will enhance the plan framework, and adopt a Final East Pleasanton Specific Plan.Then we can begin the work of developing a long range implementation program for the project area. Constructive community input should be welcomed as a way to continually making improvements to not only the Plan area and but the entire community of Pleasanton. Please take the time to study all available background materials that explain the community benefits and challenges of the EPSP. Also please review all current documents and reports from various agencies such as the Pleasanton Unified School District, East Bay Regional Park District, County of Alameda, Cities of Livermore and Dublin and others regional entities to understand how their planning activities might be integrated into EPSP area. Let us also realize that Pleasanton is a part of the larger Tri-Valley community.We cannot and should not continue to attempt to build a moat around the City. My definition of the East Pleasanton planning area in which the East Pleasanton Specific Plan is located is much larger. At a minimum, it stretches from Santa Rita Road/Valley Avenue/Bernal Avenue on the west,Vineyard Avenue on the south, Isabel Avenue/Route 84 on the east and Dublin Blvd/ North Canyons Parkway on the North. It includes parts of three cities. It includes one of the most significant mineral resource areas in Northern California. It includes large areas of residential, commercial,recreational, retail, natural resources, and transportation networks. This is a position I have continued to stress during my tenure as a Task Force member. For example;when you view the East Pleasanton Specific Plan area in this context, you quickly observe that the completion of El Charro Road is of regional importance to the valley wide transportation network. It also could be the location of a major transportation hub for the larger area.The East Pleasanton Area will be provided recycled water from the Livermore Wastewater Treatment facility to meet fire protection, landscape irrigation and other non potable water needs thus freeing up more potable water for public use not only in the plan area but to the city as a whole.This will continue to expand in the future.