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Karen Gonzales From: Pleasanton City Clerk Subject: FW SF Property r,r�-''�-[ %a-� Provmed tc tiee C y Goer.," From: Ellen Holmgren After rib t 0r o lac e Sent:Tuesday, December 20, 2016 1 40 PM To: Matt Sullivan, Mayor and City Council, Nelson Fialho Oats 1�/2d Cc: Brian Dolan,Tina Olson, Gerry Beaudin , Pleasanton City Clerk —d= / /�_— Subject: RE SF Property Dear Matt Sullivan, This email acknowledges receipt of your email to the City Council and the City Manager Thank you for your email regarding Item 13 on the Agenda for tonight's City Council meeting, and for your interest in the City of Pleasanton Sincerely yours, Ellen Holmgren, Administrative Assistant City of Pleasanton From: Matt Sullivan [mailto mis7882 @gmail corn] Sent:Tuesday, December 20, 2016 9 27 AM To: Mayor and City Council<citvcouncil@citvofpleasantonca gov>, Nelson Fialho<NFialho @citvofpleasantonca nov> Subject:SF Property Dear Mayor, Council, and Nelson, The city needs to be transparent about its goals in acquiring the last bit of San Francisco land off Old Bernal Let's not kid ourselves It's not about some undetermined "public use", but another piece of the puzzle in the un-approved Master Plan to move civic uses off of Main Street to the Bernal Property and provide a taxpayer-subsidized gift of prime real estate to developers and downtown property moguls and businesses The Chamber of Commerce and developers have always had an inappropriate influence on city policy, but since I left the Council this seems to have morphed into a powerful growth coalition of the city, the Chamber, and developers whose only goal seems to be money for all three at the expense of the public This was clearly evident from the Costco emails, continues with the civic center plans, and will be codified when the new Zoning Code changes are approved by the Council that will give the ability of staff to approve uses virtually in secret that once went to the Planning Commission under full view and scrutiny of the public With the election of Donald Trump and the immense dangers we face as a nation it's hard to stay engaged with local issues like this But at its core it's the same corrupt situation government by and for the plutocrats While the Pleasanton Plutocrats are small fry compared to Trump's, they are closer to home Thank you for your consideration in this matter 1