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Public Comments for February 10, 2021 Planning Commission Meeting From: Peter MacDonald Sent: Friday, February 5, 2021 3:31 PM To: Melinda Denis Cc: Ellen Clark; Rochelle Stone Subject: Comments on Item 6 On Planning Commission Agenda -2-10-2021 Please provide these comments to the Planning Commission: Good evening Honorable Chair, and Members of the Commission, I stumbled on this Item while responding to Item 5 on your agenda. Again, I am writing as private citizen, and not being paid by any client. I run a downtown business, and am a longtime fan of downtown Pleasanton. 1 . The Staff Report references a letter submitted by the applicant explaining her proposed 25% retail business. Why is that not provided to the Planning Commission? 2. The Staff Report references Resolutions drafted to approve, or to deny, the application. Why are those draft Resolutions not included in the Planning Commission materials? 3. The Staff Report quotes PMC 18.81 .020 C: "C. For tenant spaces accommodating multiple uses, a minimum of the first 25-percent of the depth of tenant space (measured perpendicular to the façade fronting a designated active street) must be occupied with an active use." If that qualification is met, there should be no Planning Commission agenda item. That is an objective, fact determination. It is not within the Planning Commission's or Staff's discretion to forbid a permitted use. 4. As covid has emptied out buildings in downtown Pleasanton, the City needs to work with landlords and businesses trying to survive. 5. When this ordinance was adopted, I pointed out that cities which manage their allowed downtown uses on a business by business basis, almost always wind up with empty buildings and struggling businesses. For example, in driving banks out of the downtown, the City is Distributed to City Council for June 1, 2021, meeting Page 4