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ATTACHMENT 1 DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION October 6, 2023 Dear Mayor Brown and Pleasanton City Council Members, On behalf of the Pleasanton Downtown Association Board of Directors, thank you for the opportunity to thoroughly evaluate the staff recommendations for the Lions Wayside and Delucchi Park renovations and provide our input. We understand that time is of the essence as the community has been awaiting these park improvements for many years and our organization does not want to add any delay to this process. To this end, we will not provide feedback on the overall park layout or design. We know these are highly subjective decisions and thoughtful comment has already been provided to you by the Park and Recreation Commission. We would, however, like to comment on a few items we believe have been overlooked in the most recent design proposal. For many years we have collectively discussed the desire to expand our Saturday morning Farmers Market into Delucchi Park in order to add more vendors and more programming to our market. City staff has told us that in order to do so pavers would need to be added to Delucchi Park to preserve the lawn from the wear and tear of the booths and foot traffic. We strongly encourage this element to be added to the plans as the park improvements move forward.This is a minor adjustment but something that will increase the functionality of Delucchi Park and address a strong demand from our community. One goal of the 2014 Lions Wayside and Delucchi Park Master Plan was to create an Eastern gateway into Downtown Pleasanton that would welcome our residents and guests. First Street is a highly traveled road and the entrance at Neal Street is a major thoroughfare into Downtown. Previous designs have included monument signs, planters and other elements to create a beautiful entrance. We ask that the importance of this gateway be reconsidered, and these elements be added to the current plans. Convenient public parking continues to be an issue for our businesses in Downtown. As Phase 2 begins we ask that strong consideration be given to maximizing any and all opportunities for increased public parking around Lions Wayside.