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SUPPLEMENTAL SIATEROAL Provided to the Planning Commission After Distribution of Packet October 21, 2016 Date Distributed: !0i I-gill, City of Pleasanton Planning Commission Re: Evangelical Free Church/Ponderosa Homes, P16-1386, TRACT 8259 and P16-1385 Sometime in 2014 the formal Valley Trails Homeowners Association was disbanded. In early 2015, it became apparent that some sort of grass-roots effort would need to take place in order to provide a unified voice for our neighborhood, with particular regard to the then- rumored sale of the Evangelical Free property. I have never been involved in any HOA or grass roots organization. However, because of my background and profession, I was asked to help contribute to this new effort. Since 2015, I have shared responsibilities for organizing and seeking input from the Valley Trail neighborhood and acting as one of the key liaisons between the neighborhood and Ponderosa Homes. Our efforts are nothing more than an informal grass-roots organization, with all of us volunteering our time and personal resources to make this project work in the best way possible and have the greatest benefit for all concerned. Since the beginning of this new neighborhood 'organization', we have always been obsessively determined to be an inclusive body. Our role as liaisons has afforded us a unique opportunity to reach out to our neighbors for their views and opinions on how we, as a neighborhood, would like to see the parcel developed." Over the last two years, we have held a series of six neighborhood meetings. As we do not have any funds with which to operate, notice of those meetings were sent by email, social media and good old-fashioned word of mouth. We went through great lengths to make sure as many of our residents were notified as possible, in order to avoid anyone having any feelings whatsoever of disenfranchisement. We took the extra step in asking those receiving emails to talk with their neighbors to have them included on the mailing list, if they were not already. The intent and spirit of these neighborhood meetings was to gather all ideas, present updates and discuss the positives and negatives of this project. Several of the key liaisons also provided our personal contact information for those who were unable to attend a meeting, or who had ideas, concerns or questions. Altogether, this resulted in over 420 touch points; with a median participation and feedback approximately in the 80th percentile to date.