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Millers' response: During this timeframe of March to May,the Millers filed a code enforcement for noise due to a party held at the Masons by Chabad, a Jewish Community Center. It's true that staff concluded that no violations had occurred, but this is because staff created new bizarre interpretations of the conditions to justify no violations. In other words, staff changed the rules of the game so that staff could win. Specifically, staff stated that the CUP only addresses the timeframe in which the building was being constructed, and once the construction was completed, the conditions in the use permit no longer applied.The Millers contacted their attorney who wrote a letter stating, "Both my clients and I find this interpretation nothing short of ridiculous." Please see Attachment#1 for full details on this. We hope that the Council will demand an explanation for staff's behavior regarding this. Furthermore, we hope Council directs staff in the future to take its direction from Council and the commission, rather than attempting to create its own policies or interpreting codes however staff chooses. III. ERRORS REGARDING THE CATERING COMPANY 1. Page 4,staff states: "Several zoning certificates for catering businesses have been approved by staff since the Masonic lodge's initial operations. Based on the relatively modest size of the Masonic Lodge kitchen and number of catering staff, catering businesses were determined to be a use ancillary to the Masonic Lodge facility, and were allowed to use the commercial kitchen for food preparation, including food served on-site." "November 2005—a Masonic Center representative wrote staff a letter requesting that the existing catering business,A Tasteful Affair, be permitted to use the kitchen facility at the Masonic Center to prepare and distribute food on- and off-site.The letter also proposed to expand the existing rental activities(Exhibit E.b. of Attachment 5). Staff allowed the request provided that "the catering activities do not create a nuisance to the surrounding residential neighborhood" and that'all activities within the Masonic Center comply with UP—77—13.1" Millers' response: (Previously communicated to staff in the Millers'June 22 hearing rebuttal) Staffs' comments mislead you to believe that catering businesses had previously been allowed by prior staffs.This is untrue.