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Full Name <br />City Council Regular <br />Submit your written <br />comment <br />City of Pleasanton <br />Email (this entry is disclosable <br />if included) <br />City Council Meeting Date <br />Meeting Type <br />Agenda Item Number <br />Comments <br />Meeting - <br />public <br />First Name: Markus <br />Last Name: Yu <br />[email protected] <br />Submitted On: <br />April 08, 2025 05:00 PM <br />Special Meeting at 5:00 pm <br />Library <br />Dear Mayor and City Councilmembers, <br />Apr 3, 2025, 09:54PM PDT <br />My name is Markus Yu and I am writing to express strong opposition <br />to closing the library 2 days a week and reducing library collections <br />by 50 percent. <br />Public spaces for students and the community is so, so rare these <br />days. Slashing a valuable resource like the library will only hurt a <br />community that's already attempting to reconnect; where will people <br />study or meet up, if the library is closed? Cafe shops cost money; <br />movies cost money; everything in today's environment is too <br />expensive, especially for students that want to study together and <br />don't have the funds to constantly pay the coffee tax. The library is <br />not only a well of knowledge, but a key part of the town. The fact the <br />library survived the pandemic is something we should take pride in, <br />and cutting funding now would be a travesty. <br />I use the library weekly to study with friends, one with her upcoming <br />LSATS. V1L- urge for you to reconsider reducing library access, as it <br />limits opportunities for students, job seekers, families, workers, and <br />community members who depend on it. The point of a community is <br />to maintain it. If nothing else, a library open seven days a week <br />means a safer and tighter knit neighborhood, which we all need in <br />today's climate. <br />Thanks, Markus <br />