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Subject: FW: proposed housing on centerpointe <br />From: Tracy Dunne <br />Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2015 11:14 AM <br />To: Pleasanton City Clerk <br />Subject: FW: proposed housing on centerpointe property <br />From: jabaptiste_2000] <br />Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 9:17 PM <br />To: Mayor and City Council < citvcouncil @citvofpleasantonca.gov> <br />Subject: proposed housing on centerpointe property <br />Mayor and city council, <br />proper$UPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL <br />Provided to the City Council <br />After Distribution of Packet <br />OCT 0 b MO <br />Date <br />I am opposed to the proposed development of the church property on Busch Rd. It was originally zoned for <br />church, preschool, and community use, and now Ponderosa wants to squeeze 25 homes on 4.3 acres!! The <br />council has already approved over 1700 units now under construction for our city. We have water restrictions, <br />crowded schools, and traffic congestion now - and the units under construction will have a significant negative <br />impact on the above issues. <br />I moved my family to Pleasanton 24 years ago. I left San Leandro, where I had been raised, worked, and started <br />my own family to move here. I left because the city council in San Leandro allowed developers to build <br />multiple housing units throughout the city. Apartments were placed behind private homes, on every vacant lot, <br />on business or church properties that the developers wanted to convert for their own profits. And the council <br />was happy to oblige their request to make money by rezoning those properties. The schools were overcrowded <br />and therefore the quality of education and test scores declined, traffic was a nightmare, crime increased <br />dramatically, and the number of recreational facilities and the quality of those parks declined. We left for a <br />better quality of life here. I'm afraid that Pleasanton is going down the same path as San Leandro. The <br />developers had their way in San Leandro with the blessing of the council and mayor. <br />Just remember that unrestricted growth has consequences, analogous to cancer cells. <br />John Baptiste <br />Click here to report this email as spam. <br />1 <br />