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Reasons for Building (Continued) • Don't want to uproot the kids. They have made close bonds with neighborhood kids. • Preserve our home with existing backyard which accommodates us to practice outdoor sports with the kids, such as baseball and soccer. • We are partial to our neighborhood and love its location. • Close proximity to both the elementary and middle schools o To do what we can in lowering our carbon footprint, the kids and 1 will walk to school, almost daily. o Trina and Rodney volunteer daily and being in such close proximity to the school is vital to us to give back to our educators and help out the school. • In addition, in the event of any health issues with our parents we are planning ahead to have enough space to be able to accommodate a parent and provide care for them. We don't have a spare room planned, but we can shuffle kids around to make it work temporarily. With recent passing of my parent, we would like to have the opportunity to have the living parent stay for an extended visit and help him with his grieving process. • Our lot size and shape does not allow us the ability to create the space we require with a single story addition o We can't extend our home the way our rear neighbors did when they added an additional 1000 SQFT to their home • After the Zoning Administration Hearing the appellants purchased a trampoline and placed it at the closest point possible to our kid's bedroom window. This has resulted in an increase in noise level that exceeded the City Ordinance noise level which has created stress at night when we put our kids to sleep. o With keeping with the Pleasanton Community of Character the applicant had politely asked rear neighbors (appellants) to lower the noise level at night, but the appellants not only refused but ignored the request and escalated the noise level. The police were called to mediate the situation peacefully. Officer Robert Shuffield, from the City of Pleasanton Police Department, viewed video that was taken, showing the noise being generated and the requests being ignored by the appellants. An Incident report was created by Officer Shuffield. The noise level still continues to be an issue. o Because the noise issue still persists, it is important to move our daughters bedroom away from noise and place their rooms upstairs, over 30 ft away from the rear neighbors trampoline. Page 2 of 10