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ATTACHMENT 4 PPOL -1, City of Pleasanton Review and consideration of a Planning Policy regarding the definition and licensing of child care uses. Janice Stern presented the staff report and gave a brief overview of the background, definition, and licensing of child care uses. Commissioner Blank referred to page 4 of the staff report regarding insurance for transportation services offered and inquired if there is an implication there would be requirements for liability or health insurance for facilities, as opposed to simply automobile insurance. Ms. Stern replied that she believed they would need such insurance in addition to automobile insurance. Commissioner Blank referred to appropriate restroom facilities and asked if this implies separate facilities for men /women and /or boys /girls. Ms. Stern replied that she was not sure whether the State requires separate facilities but that they do require them to be within the facilities. Commissioner Blank stated that he did not see a sign -in /sign -out procedure in place and noted that in reviewing the list of recent approvals, he could not think of a single approval where the Commission has not required facilities to have this in place. He added that he appreciated comments about tutoring because there may be children who have been held back. He expressed concern about day soccer camps that run eight hours a day and inquired whether these would be considered day care facilities. Ms. Stern replied that she believed soccer camps fall under the exemption because they are not a year -round facility; however, there may be some argument that they should be regulated. Commissioner Blank stated that he did not believe they should be regulated. Commissioner Blank brought up a situation that has occurred in the past where the City states a facility is considered child care but the State disagrees and expressed concern about a "Catch 22" situation. Ms. Stern stated that to some extent, businesses have asked for exemptions because they do not believe they are child care facilities. She added that in cases such as this, staff will ask them to go to the State and get a license as a condition of City approval. Commissioner Blank stated that if businesses that have been exempted by the State go and apply for a license as required by the City, the State can tell them that they are EXCERPTS: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, July 8, 2009 Page 1 of 12