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Qy�NSA iyTo�G City Council Regular Meeting - <br />Submit your written public <br />comment <br />OPL'NNED QV City of Pleasanton <br />Full Name First Name: Rosalind <br />Last Name: Rondash <br />Email (this entry is disclosable rrondash@hotmail.com <br />if included) <br />Submitted On: <br />Apr 7, 2025, 12:13PM PDT <br />City Council Meeting Date <br />April 08, 2025 05:00 PM <br />Meeting Type <br />Special Meeting at 5:00 pm <br />Agenda Item Number <br />#2 <br />Comments <br />Dear Pleasanton City Council- I am outraged over possible closure of <br />Pleasanton aquatic center- please consider the following information <br />before taking such action. <br />The City of Pleasanton and the swimmers of Pleasanton and th <br />surrounding areas benefit from this facility! Even if you don't use the <br />facility, you benefit from having it available for use: <br />1) It provides services to ALL ages in our community- toddler <br />swimming lessons to senior water fitness, and all ages in between! <br />2) It is the home of a nationally ranked competitive swimming club - <br />the Pleasanton Seahawks (PLS). This team provides all year round <br />competitive instruction/support/and fellowship to swimming aged <br />children. This includes those that have collegiate swimming <br />aspirations as well as it currently has 2 Olympic time trial <br />swimmers!- they are Olympic hopefuls of the future! The PLS <br />Seahawk team is regarded regionally as a team with highly talented <br />and skilled swimmers! Families move the area just to have their <br />swimmers on the PLS team! AND parents drive their swimmer to <br />Pleasanton from other areas like Danville and Fremont just to be on <br />the PLS team. This prestige is good for our City! <br />3) the PLS team hosts a number of swim meets at DBAC that bring <br />swimmers and their families from all over- this brings revenue to <br />our businesses! They might stay at hotels to not have to drive back <br />and forth, they purchase food items from our grocery stores, they <br />purchase gas before starting their drive back home, they eat out at <br />our restaurants after a long day of commutative racing - hungry <br />swimmers EAT! This could clearly be seen this past weekend for the <br />Far Mstern Meet that was held Thursday to Sunday- swimmers from <br />Arizona, Los Angels, etc traveled and stayed in our hotels and made <br />grocery and dinning purchases while they were here. <br />4) The high school swim team (Amador and Foothill) season is only 2 <br />1/2 months long and of the 6 meets that the swimmers participate in <br />- only 3 at most are sanctioned- meaning that the times the <br />swimmer achieves gets counted toward their college recruitment <br />profile. Applying to college is the hardest it has EVER been - don't <br />