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MILLER STARR <br />REGALIA <br />May 23, 2013 <br />VIA E -MAIL AND U.S. MAIL <br />Nelson Fialho <br />City Manager <br />City of Pleasanton <br />123 Main Street <br />Pleasanton, CA 94566 <br />Re: Pleasanton Masonic Center. CUP No. UP -77 -13 <br />1331 N. California Blvd. <br />Fifth Floor <br />Walnut Creek. CA 94596 <br />Nadia L. Costa <br />nadia .coslattmsrlegal.com <br />925 941 3235 <br />EXHIBIT H <br />T 925 935 9400 <br />F 925 933 4126 <br />www.msrlegal.com <br />Dear Mr. Fialho: <br />This letter is sent on behalf of the Pleasanton Masonic Center, owner /operator of <br />the Masonic Lodge ( "Lodge') located at 3370 Hopyard Road in the City of <br />Pleasanton ( "City "). The purpose of this letter is to address the Lodge's use under <br />the terms of its conditional use permit (°CUP ") and to discuss voluntary measures to <br />confirm the Lodge's commitment to remain a beneficial presence in the Pleasanton <br />community. <br />A. Background <br />On September 14, 1977 the City's Planning Commission ( "Commission ") granted <br />the Lodge CUP number UP -77 -13 to construct and operate the Lodge by Resolution <br />number 1562. The CUP did not place any express limitations on the manner or <br />location of the uses to which the Lodge property would be put. However, the <br />Commission report issued prior to the approval of the CUP noted that the Lodge <br />would be used for events other than Lodge - specific activities (weddings, parties, <br />etc.). That report as well as the CUP itself referred to a number of potential <br />measures to reduce the Lodge's potential impact on nearby residential properties <br />but did not impose any particular condition beyond standard nuisance and noise <br />standards as set forth in the City's Municipal Code.' Since it was issued in 1977, <br />the Lodge has never sought to expand or alter the terms of the CUP.2 <br />i As noted by the Commission in a subsequent staff report dated March 25, <br />2009, the CUP permitted the Lodge to operate "without significant restrictions or <br />limitations." <br />22 Pursuant to requests made in 2000 and 2005, the Lodge was permitted to <br />allow catering services to operate out of its commercial kitchen. <br />Offices; Walnut Creek / Palo Alto <br />PL140198851693607.4 <br />