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Submitte d O n: May 17, 2025, 08:00PM P DT C ity C ouncil Regular M eeting - Submit y our w r itten public comment City of Pleasanton Full Na me F irs t Na me : S us an La s t Na me : Dickins o n E ma il (this e ntry is dis c lo s a ble if inc lude d) Me e ting Type Regular Meeting at 7 p.m. Age nda Ite m Numbe r 15 C o mme nts Dear Mayor B alch and P leas anton City C o uncilm em ber s , I’m wr iting to yo u to clar ify s o m e mis le ading s tatements in the S taff B udget Repor t to be pr es e nte d a t the May 20, 2025 City Co uncil Meeting. Pleas e r ead until the e nd, be caus e I als o have a s olution that I hope you will at leas t cons ider. In r egar ds to the funding cuts to the P lea s anton Libr ar y budget, S taff a ttem pts to jus tify the r ecomm ende d libr a r y clo s ur e and r eductio ns to hour s , s taffing and collection budget, s aying, “public libr ar y ho ur s in near by cities r a nge fr om 39 hour s per we ek (Union City) to 65 ho ur s per week (Liver m or e). The pr opo s ed r eductio ns would keep P leas anto n within that r ange . P r opos ed libr ar y ho ur s r eduction r epr e s ents s ta ff’s bes t effor t to achie ve s ignificant s avings while pr e s er ving cor e libr ar y pr ogr am s ”. After co nducting a s e ar ch o f 12 lo cal libr ar ie s ’ ope n ho ur s , I found that while the r ange of hour s offer ed by S taff is co r r e ct, the r epo r t fails to clar ify that a 48-hour week (as pr opo s ed fo r the P leas anton Libr ar y) puts it fir m ly in the botto m quar ter of the lis t—tied with Haywa r d and highe r than only Unio n C ity and Cas tr o Valley. For a city which pr ides its e lf o n the qua lity of its e ducational s ys tem and high level o f s er vices to its r es idents , this is em bar r as s ing. Fo r r efer ence , her e is a lis t o f weekly ope n ho ur s at our neighbor ing libr a r ies : Liver m or e – 65 ho ur s Danville - 58 hour s S an Leandr o- 58 hour s S an Ram on - 56 ho ur s O r inda - 56 hour s Walnut Cr ee k- 52 hour s Fr emont 52 hour s Dublin 51 hour s Haywa r d 48 ho ur s P leas anto n (pr opo s ed) 48 hour s