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"Furthermore, the Millers claim that the Masonic Center is operating unlawfully." This is incorrect. The Millers do not "claim" that the Pleasanton Masonic Center is operating unlawfully, instead the Millers have sent the City documented proof that the Pleasanton Masonic Center and the City are violating the zoning codes and General Plan. First, in reading the below comments, it is important to remember that three entities occupy the Masonic building: (1) The Masonic Lodge 11321, i.e., the fraternity for the Masons (2) The Pleasanton Masonic Center (PMC), i.e., the holding company for the fraternity which manages the rental income from the catering company and party venue (3) A Tasteful Affair, i.e., the catering company The following reviews the documentation sent to the City regarding the unlawful activities by the Masons violating the City's zoning codes and General Plan: I. In an email on Oct. 16 2014 to Nelson Fialho, Brian Dolan and Kathy Narum, the Millers made the City aware that the Pleasanton Masonic Center lost both its tax exempt status and non - profit status by providing links to sites for the IRS and Secretary of State. o The City omitted the Millers' email in their 2015 staff report. o This is important because now the Pleasanton Masonic Center is a for - profit commercial company, and commercial companies are not allowed in RM -2500 zoned areas or in Public & Institutional designated areas in the General Plan • The City omitted these city codes from their 2015 staff report, making it more difficult for you, the Planning Commissioners, to determine if the codes are being violated. II. The Millers also provided a summary of the Masons' tax returns showing that the Pleasanton Masonic Center is the entity that reports to the IRS the rental revenues from: (1) the catering company (A Tasteful Affair rents the kitchen from the Masons), and (2) the party venue (the PMC, which is the holding company for the fraternity, owns the lodge building and rents the building to the public for parties). o Therefore, the catering company and party venue activities should not be allowed in a residential area since both of these activities are being managed by the PMC, a for -profit company and not a non - profit. o The City omitted this information in the 2015 staff report to you. 111. In the same email mentioned above, the Millers stated that the Pleasanton Masonic Center has been operating without a Pleasanton business license since 2011. Furthermore, the Millers wrote to the Pleasanton Business License Dept. asking the City to not reissue the business license for the Pleasanton Masonic Center as an exempt- non - profit corporation because the PMC is no longer exempt or non - profit as noted in the bullet above. o The City omitted this letter in the 2015 staff report to you. IV. The Millers and their attorney made the City aware of violations by the Masons in the General Plan, zoning codes, 1977 Conditional Use Permit, 1977 Staff Report and 1977 21