Dear Members of the City Council,
Please acknowledge and respect the signatures of 8,053 citizens on the referendum about Eden housing,- the people are speaking, are you listening? Let the courts decide if it is "legal/allowed." We have been asking the city to listen to us for two years and are being ignored. Please recognize the fact that citizens are trying to communicate with you -at the very least. We are not all members of the Friends of Livermore - which apparently you dislike. The downtown project can be a great asset to our city to be enjoyed by all of us residents. Putting an apartment complex on it cuts it off from being a welcoming public area - it will be lost to us.
Please do not think that the redesigned Eden housing is fait accompli. The original design plans and look and feel of Eden housing was sold to us as a walkable park. No such thing exists now. The tower blocks represent a comprehensive change from the original design. We don’t want Soviet style Eastern European blocks in our downtown. See you at the elections.
Livermore should verify the signatures on the referendum petitions signed by over 8000 Livermore residents.
The current Livermore City Council and City Staff appear to believe that “only they know what is best for Livermore”, and that “only they know what is legal in pursuing these goals”. The California Supreme Court recently confirmed that the City was in error in approving the Garavanta Hill project. Now Livermore City Officials are a attempting to nullify the election rights of 8000 of their own citizens by refusing to act on their petition. The Courts, not individual Livermore staff members, should make the decision about the legality of this petition. We have seen enough of local extremist groups attacking democracy by interfering in elections. I hope Livermore officials do not follow this path.
Richard Langlois
Livermore Resident
Dear Members of the City Council,
Please acknowledge and respect the signatures of 8,053 citizens on the referendum about Eden housing,- the people are speaking, are you listening? Let the courts decide if it is "legal/allowed." We have been asking the city to listen to us for two years and are being ignored. Please recognize the fact that citizens are trying to communicate with you -at the very least. We are not all members of the Friends of Livermore - which apparently you dislike. The downtown project can be a great asset to our city to be enjoyed by all of us residents. Putting an apartment complex on it cuts it off from being a welcoming public area - it will be lost to us.
Please do not think that the redesigned Eden housing is fait accompli. The original design plans and look and feel of Eden housing was sold to us as a walkable park. No such thing exists now. The tower blocks represent a comprehensive change from the original design. We don’t want Soviet style Eastern European blocks in our downtown. See you at the elections.
Livermore should verify the signatures on the referendum petitions signed by over 8000 Livermore residents.
The current Livermore City Council and City Staff appear to believe that “only they know what is best for Livermore”, and that “only they know what is legal in pursuing these goals”. The California Supreme Court recently confirmed that the City was in error in approving the Garavanta Hill project. Now Livermore City Officials are a attempting to nullify the election rights of 8000 of their own citizens by refusing to act on their petition. The Courts, not individual Livermore staff members, should make the decision about the legality of this petition. We have seen enough of local extremist groups attacking democracy by interfering in elections. I hope Livermore officials do not follow this path.
Richard Langlois
Livermore Resident