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neighborhood. He opposed the placement of a commercial building in a residential neighborhood. Ginny Ferguson, 660 East Angela Street, noted that after 18 years, she was extremely familiar with the traffic on that street, and suggested that traffic abatement circles be installed. She noted that a soils engineering report should be performed. She was concerned about the loss of property values of approximately $50,000 to $100,000 of immediately adjacent homes. Gerard Rawson, 4410 Second Street, noted that he had not received an impact notification about this item, and read about it in two newspaper articles. He noted that he lived next to a convalescent hospital and stated that the associate noise from delivery vehicles and garbage trucks were significant. He believed that impact should be seriously considered with respect to this neighborhood. Ann Huntley, 8213-A Mountain Vine Drive, noted that she was proud to be a Pleasanton resident and an ElderCare employee. She cited her personal experience to emphasize the necessity of the services offered by the applicant, and Chairperson Maas advised that Mary Merucchi did not wish to speak, but asked that her statement be read into the record: "How many units or beds were in the facility in Oakland? The ambulance report reflects the frequency of calls for that number of patients. If there are more patients in the Pleasanton facility, wouldn't there be more calls and traffic to hospitals?" The Planning Commission recessed for a break at 11 :38 p.m. Chairperson Maas reconvened the meeting at 11 :46 p.m. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. Chairperson Maas advised that because of the lateness of the hour, Items 6.c. and 6.d. would be continued. She advised that each item in the staff report would be addressed separately. Regarding page 6, Commissioner Sullivan noted that the scale of the building was too big. Commissioner Kameny agreed with Commissioner Sullivan's assessment, and noted that he spent seven years on the Subcommittee for Assisted Living. He noted that there was a great need for these services in the community, and added that the current design was too massive for the site. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES December 11, 2002 Page 20