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anyone from the outside. To the veterans and a majority of the citizens of this City, this would be equivalent to installing a port-a-potty in the center of the Golden Gate Bridge and expect the general public to find it a pleasing attraction. With 75-years of historical significance, this building should be listed as a historical landmark in the City's records and carefully maintained for all future generations to enjoy. His hopes remain high that Council will concur with the veterans' historical perspective and that the Veterans Memorial Building will remain as its predecessors had envisioned as a symbol from a great City by its grateful citizens to its citizens. Michael O'Callaghan, a member of the Pleasanton Downtown Association Design Review Committee, apologized for this becoming an issue of patriotism, which is not how he and the Pleasanton Downtown Association feels. He noted that this is a public building owned by the citizens of the City of Pleasanton. The primary use of this building is for the veterans, which he supports. He attended the majority of the Specific Plan meetings and the veterans agreed to disagree. He encouraged them to come back with some options, as the public restrooms are needed in the downtown. The Veterans Memorial Building is a viable location for a public restroom facility for temporary purposes. Other possible locations for public restrooms would be the Museum, Delucchi or Lions Wayside Park, and Vervais Avenue. He encouraged Council to come up with a viable solution. He questioned staff's estimated cost of $50,000 to construct the public restroom. He noted that this is by no means a slight on the building or the degradation of the veterans' status in our country. Written correspondence was received from the following Pleasanton residents who supported a public restroom in the downtown that included a diaper-changing station: Karl Becker, Jeri Ann May, Kelly Contois, Carolyn Weissbeg, Meredith Embree, Mr. and Mm. Purnell, Beth Mucatel, Jennifer Duckworth, Liz Ray, Robin Cruz, Elizabeth Gallagher, Sarit Schube, Sam Seo, Chelise Stroud Hery, Mara Scherer, and Adrienne Torre. Written correspondence was received from the following downtown business owners who supported a public restroom at the exterior of the Veterans Memorial Building: Randy Randhawa, Main Street Spirits & Deli; Wendy Barnes; Nancy Consos, Sincerely Yours; Marleen Armstrong; Judy Wheeler Ditter, Towne Center Books; Alex and Roslinda, Alexander's Main Street Gallery; Peter MacDonald; Teri Sherman and Nancy Grant, Pleasanton Travel; Alexis Gass, Clover Creek; Amy Amamou, Primrose Bakery; Rodger Mattern, American Harvest; and Bill Laube, Pleasanton Hotel. Written correspondence was received from the following individuals who supported a public restroom at the exterior of the Veterans Memorial Building: Jan Batcheller, Kathy Quillin, Bernie Billen, Larry Phillips, Chris Schlies, Bonnie Shamblin, and Katherine Clark Pace. Mayor Hosterman closed the public hearing. Mayor Hosterman concurred with Mr. O'Callaghan. She noted that clean public restrooms are needed in the downtown. If Council was not to go in this direction, she asked staff how expediently it could consider a similar unisex restroom facility for the public that would be large enough to accommodate a diaper-changing station at Delucchi Park or Lions Wayside Park? She noted that either of these sites would be more convenient for the Concerts in the Park and for users of the Farmers Market. Pleasanton City Council 7 03/01/05 Minutes