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based on that sound wall. He added that the requirement was that the Barone's did have to purchase a noise meter and simply measure it but not record it. Commissioner Blank stated that it might be helpful, as part of background, to have that history of the Planning Commission's discussion and what it approved, as well as what the City Council ultimately approved. Commissioner O'Connor requested clarification of the dBA differences between the chart of page 6 of the staff report and page 16 of Exhibit A. Ms. Ott replied that the chart on page 6 of the staff report shows the changes recommended by the Economic Vitality Committee and the Pleasanton Downtown Association after the Task Force had made its recommendations. Commissioner O'Connor inquired if staff supports one or the other. Ms. Ott replied that staff is simply presenting this information to the Commission. Commissioner Olson noted that Ms. Ott mentioned that the Code is different and inquired how this relates to the Code and if the Code that has been approved by the City Council is being changed. Ms. Ott replied that part of the implementation is a proposed Pleasanton Municipal Code (PMC) amendment. She noted that this is included in the staff report and that staff has highlighted the sections where amendments needed to be made. Page 17 covers the commercial guidelines and review process for entertainment, music, and bars for permitted uses, temporary conditional uses, and conditional uses. • Page 18 is where the introduction to the special events guidelines spelled out on pages 19 and 20. Issues such as venues, security, safety, traffic flow and circulation, parking, trash management and even notification of special events are addressed. Ms. Ott indicated that special events were another significant portion of discussion early on at the Task Force meetings. She stated that there was a lot of opinion about the number and sizes of events happening Downtown, but the members focused on what guidelines needed to be in place to ensure that special events were successful and met that balance the Task Force was striving to achieve for both the residents and the Downtown. Commissioner Blank noted that the Commission has had so many definitional problems in the past and stated that the phrase "to the best of their ability' and the term "special events" are far too vague without a clear understanding by everyone. He indicated that he did not know what the criteria are — for example: over a certain size, or it does not PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, September 12, 2012 Page 10 of 35