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Pleasanton or for anybody, with the height of these buildings being two and a half times taller than the existing building. He noted that when he goes to Lake Tahoe and watches the fireworks from the pier, there is a guy in a condo that must be twice as far as this proposed complex is from his house who cranks up the music before the fireworks start, and everybody on the pier can barely hear the fireworks because of that. He indicated that he cannot even imagine what this is going to be like with 177 people living in the complex. Mr. Ghio stated that he is in law enforcement; he deals with the sheriff's office and works a lot of identity theft cases and things like that. He indicated that he knows a lot about low- income housing, and one time, they did a search warrant out in Brentwood on a house where two individuals were living; neither one had a job and they supported themselves off of welfare and identity theft and things like that. He stated that there is good that can come with low- income housing, there are a lot of good people out there who want to rise above their current environment, but there is also an element that comes with that. He noted that Dublin is a perfect example of what you get with that. He stated that he thinks this proposal could be placed in a much better place than where it is because there is a whole neighborhood that, if asked, probably would not have bought their houses if they knew that was going to be there. James Paxson, General Manager of Hacienda Business Park, stated that he appreciated the opportunity to work with the applicant and his design team, the same team that worked on the St. Anton project right up the street. He indicated that he believes that for at least the preliminary design, they have done a good job of trying to address the many issues that were brought up tonight and other things that are part of the Design Guidelines that have to be realized with any site plan. He stated that Hacienda has not had a chance to formally review the project and that they are waiting to hear the comments that were brought forth this evening and the direction that the Commission provides, and they will then go back and do their full review. Mr. Paxson stated that based on the receptivity that they have had, some of the initial issues that have been raised, they feel that the applicants have made a very good start. He indicated that they are very sensitive to one primary issue with all of this, and from what the Commission has heard this evening, it is the issue of adjacency and how a project like this fits in with the existing neighborhood and within the existing commercial /office context in the Park. He noted that simultaneously meeting all the different guidelines on this project is a very challenging thing to do, especially on a site of this size, and he thinks the applicants have done a good job in starting to address those things. He added that they would be very open to changes in direction in terms of where the density is feathered or how the buildings are arranged. He further added that they could certainly work on accommodating any desire to move more of the density up front to West Las Positas Boulevard. With respect to the issue of the carports, Mr. Paxson stated that this is something they will want to work with the adjacent property owner, and if the property owner is in agreement to that, they certainly would have no objection to doing something along that PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, September 11, 2013 Page 15 of 27