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Pa~*c I oC 1 Maria Hoey Subject: FW: Regency Centers (Don MacKenzie & Pete Knoedler)/ Home Depot -- Oppose Importance: High z.7,.- From: Donna Walker Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 3:08 PM To: Marion Pavan Cc: Matthew Walker Subject: Re: Regency Centers (Don MacKenzie & Pete Knoedler)/ Home Depot Importance: High Dear Marion Pavan, I have emailed you before on this matter but would like to reiterate the fact that we are AGAINST building a Home Depot on the 16-acre parcle located at 3450 Stanley Boulevard. We do not need another Home Depot in Pleasanton, and we certainly do not need one located so far away from the freeway and so close to our residential neighborhood. We have no objection to the other smaller retail stores being proposed as they would benefit the neighborhood; however, the Home Depot would not benefit the neighborhood in any way, shape or form. It would be a very inappropriate placement of such a mammoth store. Residents should not have to live a single block away from such a huge store. Home Depot is mostly visited by contractors during the daytime. There would be so many huge trucks driven by these people during the daytime to visit the store. So much additional. dangerous traffic added to our streets... one block away from residents! We do not want it and it is not appropriate for our neighborhood, or even the city in general. If we MUST put up with the additional traffic that is created by populating that location with mini-mall stores, at least put something there that the neighborhood can use, such as an upscale grocery store (like Whole Foods or Lunardis). I know Mayer Hostermann is especially fond of the union workers at Safeway, but it's not about her and what she wants... it's about what we (and our neighbors) want and will find useful to the neighborhood. There are so many other retail stores that could be placed at that location -- PLEASE ALLOW A MORE APPROPRIATE STORE to occupy the space -- WE DON'T WANT OR NEED A HOME DEPOT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. Thank you for your time. Please pass along our comments to the Mayor and the City Council Sincerely, Matthew & Donna Walker 462 Tioga Court Pleasanton, CA 94566 ~/ 10!2007