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Submitted On: <br />Mar 15, 2026, 12:07PM PDT <br />City Council Regular Meeting - <br />Submit your written public <br />comment <br />City of Pleasanton <br />Full Name First Name: Michael <br />Last Name: Mitchell <br />Email (this entry is disclosable if <br />included)sunol@mac.com <br />Meeting type Workshop - 4:30 pm <br />Agenda Item Number 74 <br />Comments I am the Vice President of the Castlewood Property Owners Association. I last <br />addressed the City Council during the July Workshop, encouraging the <br />acceleration of the annexation of Castlewood into Pleasanton. <br />Since then, we have continued to confirm the residents of Castlewood support <br />annexation, received verbal support from Supervisor Haubert, and critically, <br />received the backing of LAFCo. In fact, LAFCo has agreed to fund $10,000 <br />towards an annexation analysis, and the residents of Castlewood will fund the <br />rest. Attached is the presentation made to LAFCo in September. <br />This is one of those rare occasions where action benefits all parties. It is a true <br />win/win for the County, for Castlewood, and for Pleasanton. All we need to <br />proceed with the funded analysis is authorization from the Pleasanton City <br />Council to direct staff to cooperate with the consultants involved. <br />To quickly recap how annexation aligns with multiple strategic priorities for <br />Pleasanton: <br />Goal A. Funding Our Future Strategy - just from property tax alone, <br />Castlewood would provide ~$1m in revenue annually. Each month we delay, <br />that money is lost to the County general fund. <br />Goal C. Investing in Our Environment – Our communities are co-dependent. <br />Pleasanton should have direct access to the infrastructure at Castlewood, <br />including water and sewer. <br />Goal D. Safeguarding Our City – In the middle of this March heatwave, it’s <br />good to remember that Castlewood is the first line of defense for Pleasanton <br />in a wildfire. The water tanks at Castlewood, critical to that effort, have gone <br />dry in the past simply due to negligence by the County. <br />Goal E. Building a Community Where Everyone Belongs – The residents of <br />Castlewood are already here. For Pleasanton, there are no additional ‘soft <br />costs’ to formalizing a long-standing relationship.