I’m going to watch how this all plays out but I’m pretty skeptical. How many realtors are on the task force? I wonder if any illicit payments being made here? The recommendations don’t seem in line with what our community members want.

This will be a good one to keep an eye on, a lot of sneaky things are going to happen downtown that’s a real slippery bunch making the decisions while they turn a blind eye to what the majority wants!!
2 days ago I noticed that we gave up a thru lane to WorkDay at the mall so that they could have their own turn lane, shades of that overbuilt apartment complex by Bart on Owens where we gave up “our” streets for the benefit of the developer.

I'm also not a fan of the overbuilt apartment complex on Owens. Map, regarding the street near Bart on Owens, if you look at it, it is just a mess.

Maybe the developer or city never did finish the street or just left it a mess.

For example, if you go to Starbuck's that replaced Arby's, the stop light at the corner on Owens and that street in the middle of the read has several feet of coiled wires coming out all over the bottom of the stop light at the bottom of the sidewalk. Also, there are large screws sticking up from the bottom of the concrete at the bottom of the stop light. Not only that, it looks like it was installed on a pole that has barber shop stripes on it spiraling up it with some sort of orange day-glow tape.

Also, have you noticed that none of the Owens street lights seem to work on the west side of Hopyard for nearly a block from the gas station, Tommy T's and so on?

Maybe the developer and the city are trying to save money by using used parts for poles, traffic lights and can't be bothered to buy light bulbs for the street lights.

This is what "Planners" or maybe the term should be "Incompetent Planners" think makes sense. If you try to get past at rush hour, plan on being delayed.

Fake it 'til you make it?
They claimed they'd remove this mess in a year, but apparently that was either a scam or a lie.

It looks like part of the Plan was Retail on the first floor- none is there- just another example of Poor Prior Planning! I can show you first floor Retail on similar projects in other cities still vacant after 10 years.

"overbuilt apartment complex"

Come on, say what you really mean.

Isn't the author of this article, Bryan Bowers, the same person who developed the new 3 story tall residential townhouses being built on Peters street? Feels kind of like the fox guarding the henhouse.

Bryan idea of vibrancy is more townhouses taking up our retail space. My idea of vibrancy is more retail space with restaurants, entertainment and more to serve our community.

I direct the public to

Web Link

Key points:

Page 2...Staff clearly states that this modification was made to appease various interest group...NOT THE PUBLIC.

pAGE 4...Changes were made based on comments during Nov/Dec outreach

Page 6(lines 13 ~15)...prohibit ground floor residential in the three land use districts

Page 6 (lines20 ~ 25)...Letters from the Development community...

Page 25... Letter dated Feb 19, 2019 from PDA...Co-signed by Laura Olson.

Nancy & Jeb could not have been more accurate...this is a clear, last minute "end run" orchestrated by the development community, Chamber of Commerce & PDA...All special interests with a financial incentive.

I’m betting that somewhere down that narrowed road those empty retail spaces get turned into apartments and “voila” the developers win again and we lose the full use of our streets that our taxes paid for!!
Keep a close eye on Main St. the smoke and mirrors are coming, the developers and realtors are running (ruining) this town.

The "Developer" in this situation is, the largest land owner in the area being studied, the City of Pleasanton.

Downtown Pleasanton is no place for additional residential property. It is a place for restaurants, entertainment, and other retail outlets that will generate foot traffic. That is the only definition of "vibrancy" that makes any sense. Landowners who have a different view of downtown need to take their "business" elsewhere.

Just look across the freeway at the previously rolling green/yellow hills of Dublin, the prospect of all that tax revenue is the call of the sirens to City Hall and developers.

There just aren’t that many Citizens for Responsible Growth left, it seems, nor the totally unrelated Citizens for Planned Growth. How odd.

Please please please no tall buildings (3 story or greater) on Main Street !!!
Keep Pleasanton’s Main Street quaint! (The very reason many of us moved here in the first place.)
Please! Thank you.