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basketball interests, like those of children and non-organized youth, were not represented at the meeting. Such a teen/youth center should be available for children of all ages, and their parents to use at N0 CHARGE on a drop-in basis. This would give the kids a place, indoors, during the rainy months and the hot summer, for fun, aerobic activity. This facility would truly represent Pleasanton's commitment to health, fitness, and wellness, and for non-privatized facilities. The Seniors have their Senior Center, why not the Youth and their families? An Olympic style swimming and diving complex should be a part of the center, because as anyone who uses the Aquatic Center knows, there are limited hours available for swimming, because the City of Pleasanton is renting out the pools to swim teams or charging for swimming lessons. The pool opens late (l:15pm) and closes early (5pm) on most days, because of the demand for swim lessons. During the open three hours daily, there is only one (1) lap available for people who want to swim laps during that period! (The demand is 20-50 times more than the supply, as oftentimes ten people will be sharing the lane, colliding, and kicking each other, as they try to exercise on warm days.) The goal of this center should be to provide 24x7x365 place where anyone can come in and get exercise, regardless of age. This facility will provide the silent majority of sports-loving residents an accessible place to exercise, without having to overcome the burden of mer~ership fees, or monthly dues, to join an elite club. The children and youth of Pleasanton and their parents need a place to go where fathers and mothers can be a family, teaching their kids a sport, watching them develop, helping keep them active. Nothing like this exists in Pleasanton, and it should. It would be the most popular place in the City, and the healthiest, and a model for what a first class City should do for its residents. Those who choose to be members of the private clubs can do so, but this facility should be accessible for all others who do not. 2. The Former Task Force versus Public Input on the Professional Design Competition-led Process A few people suggested wanting to stick to the "task force's" original recommendation. The task force was heavily weighted toward special interest considerations (organized teams). Opening the decision process up to design professionals in competition and seeking comments from the couumunity is a welcomed first step toward democratization in Pleasanton at a time when the duopoly of City Parks and Recreation and School District have been making decisions, and justifying them, regardless of the effect of those decisions on the those who do not have the organized numbers behind them or political clout to get appointed to Task Forces, Commissions, or Committees. 3. Special Interests versus Community Interests. After years of coming together to be heard, the individual members of the co~ununity with good ideas, may be getting burned out on "the process." While the majority of people in attendance were there to support their own special interests and organized clubs, each jockeying for more fields for themselves, thankfully, there were many others, besides myself, who expressed an interest in providing for services and amenities for people of all ages, people not represented by paid constituencies at the meeting, particularly the young and the old. 4. Replacing the Lost Tennis Courts: The Need for Free and Available Facilities. (School District acted against community interests because of parking at overcrowded schools.) Seeking "free" and open tennis courts, not the kind where players are required to pay, such as the twelve courts lost at Amador and on the 2