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"1. The height of the houses nearing 30 feet, set back from the property line only 15 feet, will make our house feel buried. We will not longer be able to see the Pleasanton Ridge from our windows. Our privacy will be affected by the second -story windows on the East side of the development. While the Greenbriar Development, residents of Mission Park were allowed input to ensure only single -story homes on certain lots where views and privacy were an issue. On lots 6035 and 6068 on Sycamore Terrace, the neighbor adjacent to 6035 in Mission Park and the neighbor adjacent of 6068 made the developer do major grading to minimize damage to privacy and views. The existing homes on the west end of Sycamore Road are single story. Building two -story homes on top of each other is not consistent with the NSSP to maintain the character of the existing neighborhood. • Rural views should be preserved and a spacious transition maintained between existing residences along the northern edge of the Specific Plan area and new development in the Specific Plan area, through the use of large lots, backyard setbacks and single -story construction. "2. Rear yard setback is set at 25 feet in the NSSP. On lots 2 and 3, the fence along our property, in my opinion, is the rear yard, and these are not set back 25 feet. This again is a privacy issue, also an issue for noise and light. "3. With regard to construction hours, our family has lived through the building of the so- called Independence Drive, the major Sunol Boulevard widening, the building out of Greenbriar Development, and the grading and subsequent building of sic more homes along our property line on the east side of our home. The 446 Sycamore property has been built and torn down, rebuilt and torn down, driveways poured and destructed. There has been no thought to parking with these new projects. Our driveway has been used for years by the property owners at 446 Sycamore Road even with posted `No Trespassing' signs. I would like parking issues addressed for this new development. I would like hours of construction limited to 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. It has been like living in a war zone since the approval of the NSSP. The noise level these past years has become unbearable for our entire neighborhood. The house at 446 Sycamore Road was even used by Police for practicing SWAT actions during demolition. These kinds of incidents lead me to believe the City of Pleasanton does not care about longtime folks that grew up in Pleasanton and care for and love their homes. "4. Notice of this meeting was mailed very late and within the Thanksgiving Day Holidays. This is a very important issue for my family. This time of year, it was very difficult to get time off work to attend this meeting and especially with such short notice. "The NSSP is to PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, November 28, 2012 Page 28 of 38