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Maria Hoey <br /> Subject: FW:Item# PUD-25 <br /> Original Message---- <br /> From: Olivia Melaugh <br /> Sent:Wednesday,August 27, 2014 9:59 AM <br /> To: Marion Pavan <br /> Cc: Olivia B. Melaugh <br /> Subject: Item#PUD-25 <br /> Dear Marion: <br /> I'm writing to offer my support for Option#1 in the PUD 25 issue. <br /> My family and I moved to Sycamore Heights in 2010. We were aware that Sycamore Hts was not going to be the last of <br /> the new developments in this area but we were confident that the city would support judicious building plans,ones that <br /> would impact the existing neighbors and surrounding natural environs in the least possible way. <br /> To allow anything other than Option#1 would not be in keeping with Pleasanton's building philosophy and simply put <br /> would unduly burden our neighborhood. <br /> The existing entrance of Sycamore Creek Rd to my neighborhood already is a busy intersection. With the completion of <br /> two special care facilities last year at the corner of sycamore/Sunol, intersection traffic has seen an uptick. Earlier this <br /> year Life Sciences was acquired by ThermoFisher.This large corporation will now begin an $18 million expansion of its <br /> facilities located at this very same intersection (see link below). Undoubtedly this will bring increased traffic to the area <br /> in the form of commuters and their cars. (To date, Fisher has more than 100 job postings listed and this number will <br /> multiply as the top director positions are filled). <br /> Given the current state of traffic and planned increase with Fisher's expansion, making Sycamore Heights the access <br /> area for Greenbriar will add an untold traffic burden to this intersection. (The approach to 680 is already a mess from <br /> Sunol!).Our desire to go with option#1 is not a case of NIMBY; we're already carrying a burden with two health care <br /> facilities and Fisher. Option#1 is simply a decision that makes the most logical sense because it won't adversely impact <br /> traffic nor will it expose this area to greater congestion and accident risk. <br /> I thank you for your time and appreciate your work on behalf of Pleasanton residents. I look forward to meeting you at <br /> this evening's meeting. <br /> Kind regards, <br /> Olivia Melaugh, CIO <br /> Intensive Nutrition <br /> 1 <br />