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address air navigation issues." He indicated that he wrote this in an email to staff who wrote back that staff believes that in the comments addressed in the Land Use Element of the General Plan under these Goals, Policies, and Programs, staff would invite stakeholders to participate in any process. He noted that he does not know if stakeholders are the same as airport stakeholders, which is a different community, harder to reach out to, and requires taking some effort. Commissioner Olson commented that anybody who has flown in and out of San Diego Airport can understand why a building that is too tall there would be problematic. He indicated that Chair Blank referenced airport stakeholders, and in his opinion, the business community is an airport stakeholder. He asked staff if the City is still experiencing fairly frequent complaints about the airport. Ms. Stern replied that Robin Giffin, Senior Planner, had provided some information on that and in 2012, there were 366 complaints, of which 349 were generated by one household, 10 by one other household, and the remaining 7 were citywide. Chair Blank inquired what percentage Pleasanton's complaints are of the total number of complaints the airport received. Ms. Stern replied that the total number of complaints was 472 with 349 coming from Pleasanton. Chair Blank stated that would be about 75 percent, and he believes that is primarily because the prevailing winds are such that take -off is right over Pleasanton. Commissioner Olson agreed that it is to the west. Mr. Dolan noted that 60 percent of the complaints are from one household. Commissioner Olson stated that he thinks Pleasanton needs to view itself as a stakeholder in this airport because it benefits as a city from that airport. He indicated that he going to agree with the rest of the Commissioners that the City is not really recognizing reality here if it thinks it should have special conditions that would permit it at some point in the future to do development in the APA. He stated that he does not agree with it and that it flies in the face of the prevailing view within the community. He added that he does not think it helps business and the airport as the City wants that airport to continue to be there. He then asked, if the Commission and the Council do not make these changes, how long that approval lasts. He noted that there is a reference here to the overrule process and inquired if the City can activate an overrule process at any time in the future if things were to dramatically change. Ms. Stern said yes. She explained that if the ALUC changed its Plan, it would necessitate the City to go through the same process again; however, in the absence of that changing, she believes the City can do a whole new General Plan Amendment that wipes out what it has done today. She added that once the City has gone through a PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, January 9, 2013 Page 13 of 20