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Page 1 of 2 Robin Giffin From: Mary Lu Campbell Sent: Wednesday, February o, 2669 2:25 PM To: 'Pierre -Paul Allard pallard' Cc: Jennifer Hosterrnan; Nelson Fialho; Maria Hoey Subject: ICE: Staples Ranch Project February 4, 2009 Dear Mr. Allard: Thank you for your message. Be assured it is being forwarded to Mayor Hosterman, as you requested. Mary Lu Campbell Executive Assistant City of Pleasanton P.O. Box 520 Pleasanton, CA 94566 -0802 From: Pierre-Paul Allard ] Sent: Wednesday,, February 04, 2009 12:57 PM Tai fury Lu Campbell Cc: Drew Burns dtburns ; Pierre-Paul Allard pa hard Subject: Staples Punch Project Hello Mary Lu, I would appreciate if you could forward to the Mayor's attention so she may have the benefit of our comments. My family and neighbors have been following with great interest the progress of the proposed Staples Ranch Ice rink project, in Pleasanton. As the father of 3 young children and coach to several others, I must reiterate how we desperately need this ice facility to keep our children active in sports, and remain in Pleasanton. Many of our children are now forced to play in San ,dose or Freernont, because the facility in Dublin is just not adequate. And no facility in Pleasanton is an embarrassment when we compare our city to San Jose, Freemont and several other smeller cities in the area with great sports facilities. The businesses in Pleasanton certainly will all gain from this project, as it not only attracts people from the neighboring cities to come to Pleasanton and engage in business while they are here, but also to keep Pleasanton residents shopping and playing in Pleasanton. I was astounded that once again, this project has been delayed after the town council meeting last night. once again, Councilman Matt Sullivan is helping to transform Pleasanton into the City of No Progress, as we have dragged this project on for nearly 4 years. We lost the opportunity to see the Sharks organization ingest in our Christmas activities with an outdoor rink downtown, all because of useless delays in approvals that are only aimed at hurting this project and losing the opportunity. Several restaurants and businesses in downtown Pleasanton have been hurt because of this, and in this economy how can we afford to lose such a great investment opportunity in our city! This makes no sense to me, and once we have lost the Sharks we will all reflect on how incredible this opportunity would have been. But it will be too late. Last night* Councilman Sullivan invoked his right to request a continuation of the agenda for 3 more weeks to allow more input from citizens. He claimed the general public was not adequately notified that the extension of 211012009