What's Coming Up For My Next Term...
Downtown Specific Plan
Once we have established a new Master Plan for the Civic Center and Library, it will be necessary to update the Downtown Specific Plan. More information will be forthcoming thru the summer. |
Library & Civic Center Master Plan
We renewed our previous commitment to a vision for a new library and civic center. Where we can re-imagine a new library and civic center, we can also re-vitalize the entire downtown in a new way that brings us together as a community. The patchwork of buildings that comprise the Civic Center does not represent who we are as a City. Nor does it appropriately reflect the level of service and efficiency that this City organization strives to deliver and that this community has come to expect. We have some employees in buildings that are more than 30 years old and without running water. Building a new library and civic center is more than just about inefficiencies and the aging infrastructure in which some of our employees are housed. It’s about WHO WE ARE and WHO WE WANT TO BE and WHAT WE PROVIDE to our community. Link to the City of Pleasanton’s Draft Civic Center / Library Master Plan |
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Pioneer Cemetery Upgrade and Veteran’s Memorial
I am committed to honoring the history of Pleasanton Veterans, Pioneers and residents. I am looking forward to the completion of the approved upgrades at our cemetery and the dedication of the new Veteran’s Memorial this coming Veteran’s Day. Link to the Pleasanton Pioneer Cemetery Master Plan Link to the Veteran’s Memorial Project |
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Stoneridge Creek Retirement Community
Phase II is in progress which will include 150 new units for senior living. |
Water Conservation
We are continuing the implementation of the Recycled Water Master Plan that includes agreements for wholesale recycled water and a new distribution system, “Purple Pipe”, for irrigation that will help offset the effects of a drought throughout the city. The City secured almost $17 million in low-interest loans and incentive grants from the State to build the needed “Purple Pipe” infrastructure to deliver more recycled water in Pleasanton. This project, the largest retrofitting of its kind in the Bay Area, will deliver approximately 450 million gallons of recycled water a year to commercial water users in Hacienda Business Park, Ken Mercer Sports Park and the Tennis and Community Parks. When the project is complete later this year, Pleasanton will reduce its overall consumption of potable water by roughly 10%. In addition, our residents and businesses continue to exceed the mandatory 25% water savings requirement by reducing overall water consumption by almost 38%. More than 2 billion gallons of water have been saved, as compared to 2013. 
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Transportation
Improving congestion on the regional roadways also provides significant benefit for the internal circulation within Pleasanton streets. I will continue my work to secure funding for the environmental documentation necessary to widen State Route 84 to a four-lane roadway between Pigeon Pass and I-680. Transportation is such a high priority of mine that I participate in the following committees:
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