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Home My WebLink AboutCARONE, ASHLEIGH 072920 Marie Sunseri From:Jill Bergman Sent:Wednesday, July 29, 2020 12:34 AM To:Marie Sunseri Subject:Fwd: ANNOUNCEMENT: Town Council Meeting to Provide Update on Weekend Road Closures July 29, 5:00 p.m. FYI public comment Brides on Hartz. Jill Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse typos or random words in this email while Apple works towards mastering auto correct. Begin forwarded message: From: Ashleigh Carone <ashleigh@bridesonhartz.com> Date: July 28, 2020 at 9:32:02 PM PDT To: Jill Bergman <JBergman@danville.ca.gov> Subject: Fwd: ANNOUNCEMENT: Town Council Meeting to Provide Update on Weekend Road Closures July 29, 5:00 p.m. ***CAUTION*** This email originated from outside of the Town of Danville. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Jill I wasn't paying attention and sent this just to Jill... Here are our thoughts. Thanks! Ashleigh Carone Brides on Hartz - Owner Cell: 925.389.7703 ashleigh@bridesonhartz.com -----Original Message----- From: Ashleigh Carone <ashleigh@bridesonhartz.com> To: Tina Wong <mollyspup@aol.com> Sent: Tue, Jul 28, 2020 7:34 pm Subject: Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Town Council Meeting to Provide Update on Weekend Road Closures July 29, 5:00 p.m. 1 Hi Tina As a retailer rather than a restaurant we do have a few thoughts on the street closures... While we do understand the need for a safer more consistent environment for patrons of restaurants it has been a bit of a hindrance to the ease in which our clients can reach us. Parking is limited downtown and while we can provide them with every bit of information (map, directions etc) there is still a tendency for our clients to have trouble finding us since they are unable to actually drive by the front of our store. Most of our appointments take place Friday-Sunday so the closures happen on the three most important days of the week for us. The closures, unfortunately, have not created more walking traffic flow for anyone other than the restaurant industry which we completely understand as we want to be supportive neighbors. However there really has been no benefit to anyone that is not a restaurant. We appreciate that patrons dining in the street have a safer environment as we do know that drivers on Hartz can be a bit aggressive as experienced by watching what goes on outside our shop windows on a daily basis. We do feel as though if you are creating a more favorable environment for only one form of business you are sometimes by default alienating the rest of the businesses downtown. NOT We would be in support of closures of this nature long term. There are a multitude of issues with this theory. One, you are providing support to a very specific demographic of businesses and while doing so you are creating a more difficult business environment for others. In allowing restaurants to create dining areas on property that is not owned or operated by them they are taking advantage of real estate that neither pays rent or taxes to boost the economy. We would all love to have an increase in our operable square footage without having to pay rent on it but that is only feasible for some. Is the Town of Danville willing to provide excess square footage for every single business operating downtown? And allow them to utilize it without any cost to the business? An example being if each restaurant gains 500 sq ft of frontage road to operate within do we then get to utilize 500 sq ft of the street for a gown sale or other business operations? Of course, anyone benefitting from the street closures would wish to see it continue long term but for those of us reaping no reward, there is a clear imbalance. We are operating in an unprecedented environment at the moment and we certainly understand the attempt to ease the burden of our health climate where possible but that needs to be within reason and not at the expense of others. Over the years many downtown community members have requested consideration for a more favorable downtown experience. i.e lights to line the trees down Hartz so customers are met with a more charming and nostalgic environment (which would lead to a more lit downtown for the sake of safety in general). This suggestion, as well as others, that would be a benefit to all have always been declined. Perhaps it is time to seriously think through some options that would in fact benefit all who do business in the downtown area? Ashleigh Carone Brides on Hartz - Owner Cell: 925.389.7703 ashleigh@bridesonhartz.com On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 2:50 PM Tina Wong <mollyspup@aol.com> wrote: Thanks Jill Tina Wong Molly's Pup-Purr-ee 425 Hartz Ave Danville, CA 94526 (925) 820-8222 ph (925) 820-4330 fax www.mollyspup.com -----Original Message----- From: Jill Bergman <JBergman@danville.ca.gov> 2 To: Tina (mollyspup@aol.com) <mollyspup@aol.com>; ceo danvilleareachamber. com <ceo@danvilleareachamber.com>; Doug Offenhartz (dougoffenhartz@aol.com) <dougoffenhartz@aol.com>; Marty Breen <marty@forwardmotion.com>; info@incontrodanville.com <info@incontrodanville.com>; Darren Matte - Almanac Restaurant (darren@danvilleharvest.com) <darren@danvilleharvest.com>; Randy Negi <rnegi@aol.com>; Lisa Waldman (lisa@bridgesdanville.com) <lisa@bridgesdanville.com>; danville@bluelinepizza.com <danville@bluelinepizza.com>; yosonhartz@gmail.com <yosonhartz@gmail.com>; info@familylawgroup.com <info@familylawgroup.com>; Bill White <billwhite@allstate.com>; blissdanville@gmail.com <blissdanville@gmail.com>; Chris & Jim Edlund (ccjedlund@aol.com) <ccjedlund@aol.com>; Ashleigh Carone <ashleigh@bridesonhartz.com>; aaron@danvillecigar.com <aaron@danvillecigar.com>; Jamie Lue (JLue@castlecompanies.com) <jlue@castlecompanies.com>; Harleen Bajwa <harleen_b1@yahoo.com>; compliance@francescas.com <compliance@francescas.com>; Store Danville <stcadanville@jmclaughlin.com>; Peter Cedolini <petercedolini@gmail.com>; zaq_daniels@trekbikes.com <zaq_daniels@trekbikes.com>; mher@starbucks.com <mher@starbucks.com>; msrsilvia@yahoo.com <msrsilvia@yahoo.com>; jpuglia106@yahoo.com <jpuglia106@yahoo.com>; matt@pick6lounge.com <matt@pick6lounge.com>; drjenniferhoang1@yahoo.com <drjenniferhoang1@yahoo.com> Sent: Tue, Jul 28, 2020 1:34 pm Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: Town Council Meeting to Provide Update on Weekend Road Closures July 29, 5:00 p.m. Hello all, The Town Council will hold a Special Meeting tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. via ZOOM, to receive an update on the weekend road closures and provide staff direction on any recommended changes. We are inviting all businesses in the road closure limits to provide public comments they wish to be read into the record by tomorrow 4:00 p.m., as this is the formal process for these ZOOM meetings. No verbal public comments are allowed at the meetings. You may reply to this email and I will forward your comments to the City Clerk. Here is the zoom link to the Town Council meeting. We encourage you to login a few minutes early. When: Jul 29, 2020 05:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Topic: Danville Town Council - Special Meeting - July 29 at 5:00 p.m. Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85219560926 Or iPhone one-tap : US: +16699006833,,85219560926# or +12532158782,,85219560926# Or Telephone: Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): US: +1 669 900 6833 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 929 205 6099 or +1 301 715 8592 Webinar ID: 852 1956 0926 International numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/k8U49Vdh 3 Please let me know if you have any questions. Sincerely, Jill Bergman The linked image cannot be displayed. The file may have been moved, renamed, or deleted. Verify that the link points to the correct file and location. 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