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Karen Gonzales rom: Pleasanton City Clerk ubject: Owens Drive SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL Provided to the City Council After Distribution of Packet H6—iffFrom:Anne Fox Date Sent:Saturday,January 13, 2018 9:48 PM To: Mayor and City Council Subject:Owens Drive Hello, I have a few points to make about the Owens Drive narrowing. As many of the former lanes as possible should be restored as possible. One lane in one direction is completely unacceptable. It must have at least two lanes in either direction. I was a member of the task force and was appointed by Cindy McGovern. There were quite a few meetings that we had that included Nelson, Cindy and myself as well as Nelson, Cindy, Valerie Arkin, and myself regarding how this task force was going off on 'tangents driven by consultants with pre-determined opinions. It was not a task force where the community was allowed to have input on the process other than by signing off on staff-initiated decisions. In fact, it was apparent that staff had worked out their preferred configuration of the property and circulation long before the first Task Force meeting was ever held. In fact, the facilitator hired by the city, Lucy, purposefully muzzled members of the task force who tried to speak up on the issues, including me. For example, Lucy would not let the stakeholder group made of persons such as Becky Dennis or Dolores Bengston speak. Since this was the case, some members began being invited to a series of meetings outside of the Task Force. Some of the task force and members of the stakeholder group started having individual meetings at coffee shops and people's houses instead. For example, one meeting I went to was held at Becky's house. The points I would like to make are: 1. The members of the Hacienda Task Force and the stakeholder group never Wpported the narrowing of Owens Drive in the first place. At the first meeting, staff is e one that was insisting that Owens Drive be narrowed. This was largely pushed by Craig Semmelmeyer, the city consultants, and Brian Dolan.