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From: <br />Elten Holmgren <br />To: <br />Matt Sullivan: Mayor and City Council <br />Cc: <br />Heidi Murohv Mich Ike Cry Ania Pawlak <br />Subject: <br />RE: Faux Public Outreach <br />Date: <br />Monday, February 7, 2022 10:41:18 AM <br />Dear Matt Sullivan, <br />Thank you for your email regarding a proposed cricket field at Muirwood Park and the Farmers <br />Market on Saturday. <br />This email acknowledges receipt of your email to the Mayor and City Council, the Interim City <br />Manager, and City staff. <br />Thank you again for your interest in the City of Pleasanton. <br />Regards, <br />Ellen Holmgren, Administrative Assistant <br />City of Pleasanton <br />From: <br />Sent: Monday, February 07, 2022 10:11 AM <br />To: Mayor and City Council <citycouncil@cityofpleasantonca.gov> <br />Subject: Faux Public Outreach <br />Dear Mayor and Council, <br />I wanted to provide some feedback on the "outreach session" for cricket at Muirwood Park which <br />was held at the Farmers Market on Saturday. <br />First, if they really wanted to reach out to people to get input, they should have had a sign at their <br />table advertising this to entice people to come to the table. They had a city of Pleasanton banner, <br />but they were hiding in plain sight — it took me two passes through the market to find them, and I <br />was looking for them. Most people seeing the booth would have thought you could stop by and pay <br />your water bill. <br />After a few minutes of talking to them, it became clear that was an event to promote cricket, not to <br />get input from the community. As usual with these things, city staff had a slick response to any <br />objections and were dismissive of resident concerns. They said they were going to record all <br />comments received and report them to the Council, however, I talked to them for 10 minutes and <br />no one recorded a single comment— and there were about 5 people there representing the city. <br />There were at least 2 Park & Rec Commissioners there — there may have been others I didn't <br />recognize — and they just stood there looking smug. They did not ask any questions about my <br />comments or try to get clarification. It was clear that their minds are made up and they don't care <br />about the neighbors' concerns (good training for a future City Council job!) When I questioned one <br />commissioner about his conflict of interest since he's the owner or director of Cricket for Cubs, he <br />