Politics & Government
City to Decide on Walmart Grocery Tonight
Councilman Matt Sullivan appealed a Planning Commission decision to allow the grocer; council will hear his arguments tonight at 7 p.m. at the Firehouse Arts Center.
The City Council will vote tonight once and for all on whether Walmart can open up a controversial grocery store inside the long-empty Nob Hill supermarket spot on Santa Rita Road.
The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the Firehouse Arts Center on Railroad Avenue. The last meeting drew 150 people — more than the City Council chamber on Old Bernal Road can accommodate, and the same is expected tonight.
The Pleasanton Planning Commission in March voted to allow Walmart to open up one of its Neighborhood Markets. That decision wasn't an endorsement of the project — it was simply in support of the city's zoning administrator, who ruled that the market would be consistent with rules in place since 1982 that allowed Nob Hill to operate there as a grocer.
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City Councilman Matt Sullivan, an open Walmart critic, appealed that decision and will make his final arguments tonight.
If the council votes to deny Sullivan's appeal and thus allow the project, Walmart could file for permits immediately.
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