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different. He stated that this is not necessarily bad, but it is different and poses concerns that have been raised by the homeowners and neighbors as to privacy within their own properties. He pointed out that the neighbors are not asking for the project to stop but to move ahead with the exception of the balcony. He added that he has traveled throughout the area on foot and on bicycle, and he did not see any rear-facing decks. He asked the Commission to consider that in any decisions it will make this evening. Ms. Kiziloglu stated that she had an 18-year-old niece, whose mother died of cancer a year ago, who was driving up Fallon Road to get on the freeway and her car suddenly turned and was hit by an on-coming car, and she died on the spot. She stated that one never knows what will happen, how long one is going to live, so one cannot say what will happen to one's neighbor or who will be one's neighbor; whether she will be staying in that house for 20 years or one year or longer than the Cummings. With respect to the mulberry tree, Ms. Kiziloglu stated that she knew that the tree was going to drop all of its leaves, and in order to have more leaves so both the neighbors and they will have privacy, she left all of the branches in there, and that is how she likes to keep it. Ms. Kiziloglu stated that if she were a sex offender or somebody creepy, her bedroom would be so perfect because she can just put her chair there with the air conditioning and her food next to her; she would be sifting there and watching bikinis all day long, and the neighbors will never know that she is sifting there. She indicated, however, that she does not do that sort of thing and hopes that whoever moves in there, whenever that happens, will not do that to the neighbors because that is not the right thing to do. She stated that people have to trust in a higher power and in themselves. Ms. Kiziloglu stated that they are doing what they can to give the neighbor privacy, and she is really sorry that Mrs. Cummings feels like she does not have privacy right now and cannot get dressed in her own bedroom. She indicated that she has two kids, 7 and 14 years of age, and that her 14-year-old son is a straight-A student who is on the basketball team, plays the saxophone, and swims five days a week. She noted that he does not have time and does not want to be out there by the pool because he has to practice five days a week. She added that her seven-year-old son feels the same way and just goes and plays in the morning and them comes back up. She indicated that her sons have no reason to be looking at the neighbors' bedroom. She stated that it is sad that her neighbor already feels uncomfortable in her own house. She indicated that they have been living in their house for only eight months, and they have not even done any construction yet. She stated that their house backs onto Valley Avenue, and there is no house behind them, so if she had a balcony, she would just be looking at the view and not at the neighbors. Finally, Ms. Kiziloglu stated that if she is to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on improvements on her house, it would be for her children's health first, so they can be as healthy and as normal as possible; and if they are sick, they should have a way of EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES, May 27, 2015 Page 7 of 14