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fall within any of these given uses, or it makes more noise — but this is something that needs to be part of the definitions. Ms. Ott replied that the Task Force had that discussion, especially in relation to the size of event such as the number of attendees, and it depends on several factors: for example, a certain kind of event might be comfortable with only 200 people whereas a different kind of event might be comfortable with 2,000 people. She indicated that the Task Force stopped short of putting a guideline on that. Commissioner Pearce inquired why, in light of the fact that the original discussions with the Pleasanton Downtown Association which really emphasized security, the fifth guideline on page 19 states "should" and not "shall." Ms. Ott replied that the members wanted to make that determination based on what kind of event it was. As an example, she stated that the Police Department might not find it necessary to require event security for a chalk art on the street versus a different kind of event where that security would be particularly important. Commissioner Pearce noted that would be managed by the section at the end which reads "as deemed necessary by City review." Ms. Ott stated that was duly noted. She added that staff will go back and look at those because the Task Force did have a lot of conversation about "should" and "shall," specifically about trash management and recycling. She continued that for clarification purposes, should that chalk event attract, say, 15,000 people, and City staff determined private security is necessary, the City has the right to require it. She added that the City is not going to have people in front of this Commission saying: "It says we should; it doesn't say we must." Ms. Ott then discussed the public comments received as well as the Pleasanton Downtown Association (PDA) and the Economic Vitality Committee (EVC) comments on the Guidelines. She indicated that after the Task Force completed its work, staff took the Guidelines to both the PDA Board of Directors and the City's EVC. She noted that both organizations are in alignment on the comments that they wanted to pass along to the Planning Commission, including calling the document "Downtown Hospitality Policy' instead of "Downtown Hospitality Guidelines," and slightly changing the map on page 6 of the Guidelines that located the restaurants and bars. Chair Pentin asked Ms. Ott to define "slightly' as he noted there is quite a big change and a lot of words in the title with about three different specifications which just seems very large. Ms. Ott explained that those organizations felt that was a clearer and more encompassing definition of what that map presented. She continued that on page 10 regarding the good neighbor policy, the PDA and EVC would like to add the phrase "after the close of business" in the third bullet. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, September 12, 2012 Page 11 of 35