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EXHIBIT D Stoneridge Mall Framework Public Comments Provided for the December 15, 2022, Joint Planning Commission and City Council meeting Redistributed for the January 11, 2023, Planning Commission meeting Page 9 From: email@email.com Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2022 11:23 AM To: Shweta Bonn <sbonn@cityofpleasantonca.gov> Subject: RE: Stoneridge Mall Project Follow-Up Shweta, Thank you for sending the PowerPoint. My thoughts on the Framework are as follows. From what I learned at the meeting it appears that for multiple reasons a good portion of the mall will remain, although it may be reconfigured to various extents depending on the overall framework for the project. So many of the key decisions to be made are regarding the environment surrounding the mall that may encompass additional housing, retail, theatre(s), restaurants, gyms/recreation, etc. One of the things which makes Pleasanton uniquely great is the current downtown area, so I agree with the statement made in the meeting that whatever is done the environment should complement the downtown feeling to preserve and extend that which is so special about Pleasanton. Of the five choices featured in the “Elements to Include as Mall Transforms” my thinking is that although green is good Pleasanton already has a great assortment of parks, along with an increasing number of bicycle paths. Additional indoor mall space doesn’t make sense given the increasing trends toward non- brick and mortar, and we already have a restaurant/shopping oriented main street. Therefore my preference is for the pedestrian-oriented plaza, but executed in way that, as mentioned above, would uniquely extend the good feeling people have about downtown. My thought is to have a walking-friendly, open, attractive and vehicle-free ”hanging out” area with a selection of unique retail, gallery and restaurant options where people could spend a few hours because, other than downtown on no-traffic weekends, there isn’t anything else like that in our area. It can even include a bandstand similar to what we have ay Wayside Park. To balance downtown’s old school aura it should have a “warm-tech” (rather the City Center Bishop Ranch “high-tech”) approach that incorporates a newer feel but still has a friendly, approachable ambience. I don’t have a specific example around here, but the Phoenix/Scottsdale or Santa Fe areas come to mind as regions with many destination spots that embody a blend of the old with the new. That’s the extent of my thinking thus far, so I’d appreciate it if you could share these thoughts and build them into the feedback summary coming out of last night’s meeting. Thank you, - Jeff From: Shweta Bonn <sbonn@cityofpleasantonca.gov> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2022 10:38 AM To: email@email.com Subject: RE: Stoneridge Mall Project Follow-Up