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1 <br />Jennifer Hagen <br />From:Ellen Holmgren <br />Sent:Tuesday, January 18, 2022 10:59 AM <br />To:Matt Sullivan; Mayor and City Council <br />Cc:Pleasanton City Clerk; Ellen Clark; Sachiko Riddle; Becky Hopkins; Jennifer Hagen; Shweta Bonn; Dan <br />Sodergren <br />Subject:RE: Jan 18th Meeting <br />Dear Matt Sullivan, <br /> <br />Thank you for your email regarding Item No. 10, Item 11 and Item 12 on the City Council Agenda for tonight, <br />Tuesday, January 18, 2022. <br /> <br />This email acknowledges receipt of your email to the Mayor and City Council, the City Manager, and City staff. <br /> <br />Thank you again for your interest in the City of Pleasanton. <br /> <br />Regards, <br /> <br />Ellen Holmgren, Administrative Assistant <br />City of Pleasanton <br />  <br />  <br />From: Matt Sullivan    <br />Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 10:46 AM  <br />To: Mayor and City Council <citycouncil@cityofpleasantonca.gov>  <br />Subject: Jan 18th Meeting  <br /> <br />Dear Mayor and Council,  <br />   <br />I wanted to provide this input for your January 18th meeting.  <br />   <br />District Elections  <br />  <br />I strongly encourage you to establish districts that keep neighborhoods intact, and keep adjacent neighborhoods  <br />together where they face common issues.  For example, the neighborhoods that straddle I‐680 south of Stoneridge Dr.  <br />and north of Bernal Ave. face many of the same traffic, public health (noise and air pollution from the freeway), and  <br />economic class issues and should be combined.  Similarly, the existing and likely future high‐density development north  <br />of Stoneridge has similar characteristics.  Pleasanton south of Bernal is more affluent and rural in nature which makes  <br />sense as a distinct district.  Downtown and the Vintage Hills eastern area seems like a logical district.  I don’t know how  <br />this stacks up from a population standpoint but I would suggest districts along a north‐south‐east‐west division makes  <br />sense.  While I have some concerns that districting will lead to “provincial” fighting on the City Council, I also think it  <br />might strengthen neighborhood representation where now neighborhood concerns are marginalized in favor of special  <br />interests (e.g., Chamber of Commerce, developers, and favored sports groups).  <br />   <br />Ballot Measure 21‐016  <br />  <br />I strongly support a ballot measure that will return local control over land use to municipalities.  If further refinement to  <br />the ballot language is needed as suggested by staff, I’m ok with that too.  But in contrary to staff recommendation, I