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Acting Chair Blank asked staff if there is an issue with putting that in Ms. Harryman replied that it is appropriate if it is stated that way. She indicated that specific properties should not be singled out, but it would be fine to have a statement that says a property in the Transition Area that wants to apply to be in the Core Area could be considered through the City's normal process. Commissioner Narum moved to find that the project would not have a significant effect on the environment and recommend approval of the Negative Declaration prepared for the project, the Draft Downtown Hospitality Guidelines as recommended by the Downtown Hospitality Guidelines Task Force and staff as shown in Exhibit A of the staff report, and the Draft Pleasanton Municipal Code Amendments as shown in Exhibit B of the staff report, with the following modifications: (1) Add language that any property located in the Hospitality Transition Area may apply, via the normal public review process, to be in the Hospitality Central Core Area; and (2) Add language that if any business has a verifiable violation, the Planning Commission shall be notified and may, at its discretion, call for a public hearing and, upon review, modify the use permit and require noise self- monitoring. Commissioner Narum asked the Commissioners if there was anything else the Commission had discussed that needed to be included. Acting Chair Blank stated that addition of verbiage that the language in the Guidelines be consistent in terms of replacing "may be" with "shall be." Acting Chair Blank then asked the Commission if there was support for a notification requirement via postcard or some other form. Commissioner Narum replied that there was none. Commissioner Narum amended her motion to include a third modification that the language in the Guidelines remain consistent with respect to replacing the word "may" with "shall." Commissioner Pearce seconded the motion. Commissioner O'Connor stated that he was not going to support the motion because he did not think the Transition Area along Peters Avenue should be increased and the decibel allowance in the Transition Area reduced from 70 dBA to 60 dBA at 9:00 p.m. because the decibel level on the residential plane was and still is at 60 dBA, and as long as we that 60 dBA is met at the residential plane, the businesses would be in compliance. He noted that he would rather follow the PDA's and the EVC's recommendations. He further noted that he is in agreement with all the other recommendations and amendments. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, November 14, 2012 Page 17 of 31