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From:I[E a yn olmuren To: Cyn$hi�r6cc:rE)prategames.ccm; Mayor and City Cguncil Cc: Heidi Murohv; Michele Crose: Ania Pawlak Subject: RE: Cricket Field at Muirwood Park Date: Monday, February 7, 2022 9:42:25 AM Dear Cynthia Shon, Thank you for your email regarding a proposed cricket field at Muirwood Park. This email acknowledges receipt of your email to the Mayor and City Council, the Interim City Manager, and City staff. Thank you again for your interest in the City of Pleasanton. Regards, Ellen Holmgren, Administrative Assistant City of Pleasanton From: Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2022 5:20 PM To: Mayor and City Council<citycouncil@cityofpleasantonca.gov> Subject: Cricket Field at Muirwood Park Dear City Council Members: Today was the first time I even heard of the plan to put a Cricket Pitch at Muirwood Park. I live two blocks from this park and use it regularly. The notice I received in the mail yesterday was the first time I found out about it. This is unacceptable. The neighborhood of Highland Oaks and the adjacent ones all use this park, and to find out that this was nearly a done deal was distressing. There is no reason why a Cricket Field should be put in Muirwood Park. It should be put at Ken Mercer or at Bernal Community Park. One of the people on the P&R Commission told me that people have been asking for places to play Cricket and at the same time, enrollment in Little League has declined drastically. So why not take two of the "empty" ball fields and convert them for Cricket—rather than try to fit a square peg in a round hole by forcing one into Muirwood Park. That park was never meant for an organized sports field. For a small park, it already has a basketball court, dog park, group barbecue picnic area, and playground. It hosts many soccer practices and games, Pop Warner football practice, and it is used by many for fun pick-up games. People set-up volleyball nets, use the field to play catch, frisbee or throw a football. These activities would be disrupted by having organized Cricket games there. It is not fair to the local residents at all. Additionally, there is no parking lot—only off-street parking on ONE street. When there are soccer games, the entire street is full of cars trying to parallel park. Adding Cricket would only make that worse. Some people say that parents would "drop off' their kids and not park. That is just a not true. Parents stay to watch practices and games. People exiting their cars on the street side face oncoming traffic. There are "near misses" all the time with kids and dogs darting out into the street. More traffic and more cars trying to park is just a recipe for disaster on Muirwood. Other parks in Pleasanton have streets on multiple sides where people can park, but not Muirwood. The sports parks are much better suited for a Cricket Field.