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retail stores and hotels. This alternative will not bring in nearly as much net revenue as Costco, but would better suit the community. This is a good compromise solution for those who do not want the massive additional traffic and pollution but still want to see the area developed and improve the look of the neighborhood and significantly more jobs and additional revenue for the City. More importantly, it seems to be more in line with what the citizens of Pleasanton want in their community. What we've seen from the informal polling that we've done in the last few months is the Pleasanton community overwhelmingly doesn't want is "more'; more traffic, more big box, more congestion, more crime, more pollution. This whole situation with Lund Ranch should be instructive to you because it shows a monumental disconnect between what the City planners and the Council think the people want and what they really do want. Your decision and that of the Council and the case of this creates a nasty vibe between two neighborhoods that is tearing apart a sense of community as well as wasting everyone's time and a lot of taxpayer money with a referendum. If you've paid any attention to the national political scene, you would see that the people are really fed up with politicians and government officials that don't listen to what they want. Candidates on both sides are counting on that anger and the sense of rebellion it brings to making major changes in the way we are governed. That same anger seems to be boiling up in our own town of Pleasanton and it is time that you and the City Council start paying attention to what the people are saying. They don't see the sense of adding another big box retailer to an already crowded marketplace. They don't see the sense in securing a huge number of vehicles into an already overcrowded highway and city streets. They don't see the sense in letting a big corporation dictate what it wants without considering what the people who live here really want. We don't need more workshops to figure this out. What I want to know is that the Council has actually reviewed and looked at the viability of this project. Please look at this project with common sense and an understanding of what makes our community livable. There needs to be a whole lot more listening to what the people of Pleasanton are saying. As you are seeing with Lund Ranch, if you don't give the people a say in what is happening in the community they will find ways to take matters into their own hands in the ballot boxes. Off script, I had a question this morning from a Councilmember asking what I want. Really, my want and my needs, I'm sure is a question because I've touched on many different answers and questions, but really I want you to look at it and see it the way we see it. The people who spend time looking at this EIR and going through the document and even looking at Gerry's great presentations, it just doesn't make any sense. It doesn't look like it's a viable solution for this area. Regardless of my business and feelings about my parking and other issues is that it is a difficult place to operate now with the current situation, with the additional cars and fuel stations next to our business makes it impossible. There is an economic study that's supposed to be happening right now. We haven't had any questions about it. I'm a $14 million business. Behind me is a $25 million business. There are numerous other businesses there that have over 500 employees in our market and in our area. A lot of the people are like me, the logistics companies, and need to get in and out. Those companies are going to leave this community and how is that leakage being assessed? So I'm hoping that you guys are seeing it and if you look at it, the workshop just keeps getting pushed off. You originally talked about December, January, February and March. I heard today that it's now April and that's not a fact, but it was just overhead that it might be pushed out. And, I don't understand why that workshop —it seems like what's going to inform you guys and get PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, February 10, 2016 Page 3 of 10