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Attachment 2 Pleas1nr0nn Ui;iaWgF,$ta`;z SANTON PLEA ()al:Armre February 4, 2009 City Council City of Pleasanton 123 Main Street P.O. Box 520 Pleasanton, CA 94566 Subject: Proposed Change from 2 Hour to 3 Hour Parking Limit in Downtown Pleasanton Honorable Mayor Hostcrman and Members of the Council, In the on -going collaboration between the City and Pleasanton Downtown Association on how to encourage residents and visitors to spend more time and dollars in the downtown, our discussions have focused on the parking time limit. Many customers report feeling hurried out of the downtown, and leave after lunch for fear of getting a parking citation. rather than hang out and shop. We discussed this issue with the PDA membership at Breakfast with the Board and received a very favorable reaction from the merchants to increasing the titne limit for parking from 2 to 3 hours. We polled our membership by email about increasing the parking time limit from 2 to 3 hours, and got a surprisingly large response 38 in favor, and only 9 opposed. We checked with most of those in opposition, and the several of the no voters withdrew their opposition the primary concern was that lax enforcement with the 3 hour parking limit could lead to some restaurant employees using customer parking. The Downtown Vitality Committee then recommended the Board present this proposal to the City. Based on widespread support by the merchants, general membership, and Downtown Vitality Committee the Board of Directors took this position: The Board of Directors of the Pleasanton Downtown Association requests the City of Pleasanton to increase the time limit for on- street parking in downtown Pleasanton from 2 hours to 3 hours. 8311 llo neasniuon, Phone (925;48421°9it dircctor(o pica tiautcai ‘11a■.plca‘1r'aynpt.4?