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project is complete, citizens will know more about the American flag and how to display it properly, how to care for it and how to give it a dignified retirement. The project will end on Flag Day, June 14, 2004 with a community-wide flag retirement ceremony. He expected the ceremony to be held at the Plcasanton Fairgrounds. He asked Council for its assistance by adopting a resolution in support of the project. Other Speakers Kelli Wong, 3553 Ballantyne, thanked Council for its support in trying to prohibit the expansion of the Livermore Municipal Airport and for expressing its concern related to the impacts it will have on Pleasanton residents. She informed Council and the public that a public heating will be held tomorrow evening by the Livermore Planning Commission at the Shrine Event Center. She encouraged residents to attend and address the Commission in opposition to the expansion of the airport, as it will affect the quality of life of Pleasanton residents. She said that the City of Livermore believed this was only a Livermore issue, and not a Pleasanton and Dublin issue. The Livermore Planning Commission meeting is Pleasanton's last chance to inform them of what is occurring and to voice Pleasanton's concerns. She noted that there are three schools in the flight path and these schools are all affected by the noise, and will be significantly affected by additional noise if the expansion is approved. Those residents who are in the direct flight path of the airport understand that the airport was here first. These residents also understand that this airport is a recreational airport and they would like to keep it that way. She encouraged Council to keep the public aware and apprised of the progress of the proposed expansion of the Livermore Municipal Airport. She also encouraged Council to continue to speak in opposition to the proposed expansion of the Livermore Municipal Airport. Terd Smith, 4020 Rockingham Drive, moved to Pleasanton because of the quality of life it had to offer her family. She did not want to keep her daughter inside as a result of the increased noise of the airplanes. She believed the citizens of Pleasanton deserved to have a voice in how the Livermore Murdcipal Airport is expanded. The expansion of the airport will be helpful and increase the overall safety for the pilots who are taking off and landing their airplanes. She believed the community ought to work together to make it a safe airport while at the same time respecting the Pleasanton community. She noted that many in the community are not against having a recreational airport, but are against some of the noise and traffic that it causes. She read a portion of a letter contained in the Livermore Airport Expansion Plan that noted that significant growth of the customer market at the Livermore Municipal Airport is five years away. Increasing delays, costs and hassles at a major airport, in particular Bay Area carrier airports, are forcing more and more companies to use corporately owned and/or charter aircraft to meet the corporate air transportation requirements. The users of transient corporate aircraft will eventually discover Live,more Municipal Airport as a desirable alternative to the crowded Bay Area airports. It is imperative that the Livermore Municipal Airport be properly positioned and equipped to effectively and efficiently accommodate this increased base and transient airport user demand. She did not believe the Livermore Municipal Airport would be made safe for the pilots who use the airport for a recreational Pleasanton City Council 6 05/04/04 Minutes