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schools do, when they choose to lock up beautiful facilities like Hearst during an entire three month period over the summer, and after 6pm in the evenings. Emphasis should be on providing "ACCESS" to the "wide variety of community facilities. Sentence Two: "Pleasanton is a great place to live, work, and to raise a family." Comment: For the people who work and cannot be present to bring their children to City of Pleasanton facilities, like the Aquatic Center's limited l:30-5pm accessible service "window" for resident pool-usage, Pleasanton is not a great place to live, but a hot place to be. For the families Iparents) who pay excessively for the peace and tranquility of the Tri-Valley area for their children, the $11-13 per hour per child fee for City Park and Recreation Activities (for a family of two, $22+ per hour), living in Pleasanton can be like living as a serf in a Medieval compound, seeking to provide enrichment for one's children, but being informally "taxed" by pay-as-you go City-sponsored fee structure for services which are increasingly only serving the children of the top 20% of income earning population. Sentence Three: "As our city approaches build-out in the next few years, we will strive to maintain these desireable qualities by continuing to develop a safe, convenient and uncongested circulation system; by providing a comprehensive system of bike and bededstrian trails, by providing additional recreational and cultural facilities for health and well-being of our residents; and by preserving our natural resources, our air quality, and our con%munity's environmental sensitivity." Comment: Ignore the approaching build-out, emphasis the present service delivery details. Define "safe". Define "convenient". An "uncongested circulation system" in a congested SF Bay Area which has extended to the Central Valley (Tracy, Modesto, Patterson, Manteca, Mountain House, etc.) is unrealistic. Pleasanton does not exist in a vacuum. Focus on what can be actually affected and managed. Emphasizing "a comprehensive system of bike and pedestrian trails" is great. Leave this in. Emphasize "ACCESSIBLE AND FREE (or nearly free) additional recreational and cultural facilities. Define the specific resources which need conservation. We cannot control air quality, but we can lead in awareness of conservation needs and promoting sustainable energy, approving new building designs, etc. Sentence Four: "We will seek to minimize health and safety hazards." To be added, "...by doing the following..." Sentence Five: "Acknowledging our relationship to the Tri-Valley region, we will work together with local governments to solve common problems." To be added, in place of "we", the words, "Our elected leadership and staff." Sentence Six: "We will continue to emphasize community participation and model the principles of "Community of Character" of respect, responsibility, compassion, self-discipline, honesty, integrity." Comment: What does "emphasize community participation" mean? Who are "we"? We are individual residents who live in the City, but ***the staff*** and leadership are the persons who need to demonstrate their sensitivity to individuals, especially the children whose lives are formed in the confines of the community. The term "community of character" is a feel-good term with no meaning, because a "community of character" is a fiction when individual leaders do not demonstrate a commitment to compassion for its residents. Also, we need a City-sponsored information service which not only emphasizes community participation, but FACILITATES the participation by helping persons communicate with City staff and leadership, by helping neighborhoods 2