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Subject: FW: Letter to City Council and Planning Commissioners Attachments: City Council Agenda Report for Ponderosa Horr s,U• lEgEN HAIN#RitRIAL �9 R \! Provided to the City Council From: Kelly Cousins [mailto:] After Distribution of Packet Sent: Monday, October 05, 2015 4:36 PM To: Mayor and City Council; Maria Hoey Date OCT Q 5 MO Subject: Letter to City Council and Planning Commissioners Thank you for passing this letter on to the Council and Planning Commissioners. Attention: Mayor Thorne,Council Members Brown,Narum, Pentin and Olson. Regarding: Oct 6, 2015 City Council Agenda Item 20. Public Hearing for the Amendment to the General Plan for Rezoning Centerpointe Church Property by Ponderosa Honorable Members of the Council: It has come to my attention the small remaining area of Public and Institutional (P&I)zoning(6.22 acres)near Busch and Valley, is under your consideration for further reduction to just under two acres should the City Council approve this modification to the General Plan. This proposed change from P&I to residential zoning may seem small in the minds of few who stand to profit from the potential rezoning and sale of this property. However, in the minds of the majority of our residents,this is just more of the same "for profit" manipulations and further erosion of our effort as a community to preserve and protest what we value most about Pleasanton. My question to you as leaders of Pleasanton, a town that ranks as one of the best communities in which to live thanks to careful consideration of balance, is: "How do we get to this level of resident satisfaction and confidence in our City and its leaders by ignoring the#1 goal of our General Plan which is to provide sufficient public facilities(such as schools, churches and Day Care facilities)to serve our existing and future development while preserving and enhancing the quality of life of our town?" How seriously do you take the recent City survey results that show among residents,too much growth and development is the highest concern along with drought and water issues?How is changing this zoning of 4.23 acres for residential housing going to improve our water conservation efforts,our ability as a City to provide adequate zoning for land to build neighborhood schools or places of worship or potential day care facilities for our growing community?How is this approval "fair"to the other churches or non-profit facilities who are seeking the similar advantage that Centerpointe Church received for their parishioners when it was able to buy their current property well below market value because of the P&I Zoning which was part of a negotiated land use agreement? Many people see this rezoning of church property as inappropriate "land speculation" and just the beginning of other church property under threat of conversion to residential in Pleasanton. Many of us have given much time and effort over the years towards careful consideration of development projects, land use decisions and how to provide more than just a "vision" of a livable community. Our community deserves and desires critical and unbiased study of any changes of even a small portion of what we have obtained as P& I zoning. I encourage your vote on Tuesday to reflect the same concerns many others who have come to speak before you at community meetings or voiced their opinions on community surveys. Please vote "No"to rezoning our limited public facilities resources for unnecessary residential development. Thank you for your time and consideration. Kelly Cousins President,Pleasanton Voters Click here to report this email as spam. t