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Velio A. "AI" Bronzini BUP�'l ENYENTAL hV1ATERlAL 719 Main St. Provided to the City Council Pleasanton, CA 94566 After Distribution of Packet October 1, 2015 Date f j � Open letter to the members of the Pleasanton City Council from Al Bronzini, property owner of 719 Main Street. Dear members of the Council: I have owned my property on Main Street since 1983 and I am not surprised at the results of the HEXAGON PARKING SURVEY REPORT, dated September 23, 2013. Parking, or the lack thereof, has been a topic of discussion ever since the reconstruction of Main Street over twenty years ago. Many very good projects have come to Downtown since the Main Street project was completed, yet the subject of providing additional parking has never been top priority. There have been many committees and discussions, but never any leadership from the City to move the issue of parking forward. The City of Pleasanton holds the purse strings and it is the responsibility of the City to get serious now about Downtown parking. The situation is critical to the continued growth and prosperity of the Downtown area. I read from the Hexagon Parking Survey and that upon the completion of the Pastime Plaza Project there will be no parking spaces within two blocks of the Main/Rose-Neal intersection. The survey also states that a need for 23 or more new parking spaces will be needed upon completion of the project. I also read that the parking fees for that project were waived in exchange for a 666 sq. ft. Plaza on the property which looks to be no more than a small patio entrance to the businesses in that building. If that is what the Planners wanted then the developer should have been required to make it be part of the plan, not a trade for the parking fees. I see no rational why the City agreed to gift away in lieu fees for 23 parking spaces at what I understand to be approximately $18,000.00 per space for that small patio with a few tables and chairs. With that kind of loose money management we will always be playing catch up with regard to Downtown parking. Waiving such huge amounts of money in that manner is poor management. The Downtown businesses got the short end of the stick on that deal. You cannot continue to punt the parking issue to the next administration. The time to act is now. I support the recommendations of the Pleasanton Downtown Association and I ask that you take a pro-active approach regarding the Downtown parking situation. We, the property owners, need your leadership on this matter and we need it now. Sincerely, Velio A. "Al" Bronzini