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30 feet. The list of heights that we have scheduled for these homes is 24 feet, 24 feet, 26 feet, 26 feet and 30 feet, but this is at the highest level so it would be at 30 feet. It is kind of interesting where you're completely surrounded by development and yet the visual impacts on others around the area are very, very minimal. So looking to the west you have one home; our neighbor, who has signed on in support of the project, is obviously visible to the project, and then as you start going around north, you see over the tops of the trees on the left you see Canyon Meadows, the tip tops of their roofs and on the right there you see the Church of Christ and the top of their roof. So we're not going to see them and they're not going to see us. You don't have this visual clutter that can happen in an infill situation. Going to the east and all the way around you see right across the street, you have the Young property; Barbara Young. She is going to have the most impact as far as visual with this project. She is a supporter of this project. And then you see on the left that from the Preserve, there's really no line of sight from the Preserve, but at the Kolb Ranch project you have two homes that have some visibility there. So it's kind of in a secluded place and we think that's a benefit to this; that you're not having visual issues with others. This wraps around to the actual Dublin Canyon and you can't really see it, but one of the benefits that we are trying to offer here is the power lines across here that run the stretch of the property, we would like to get rid of the power lines and underground those. We think that adds to visual clutter and that would be of benefit to get those out of the way. A lot of the vegetation there is something like tumbleweeds. Most of the base property has no trees on it at all and the trees that we have are on the periphery of the property and the creek which we think adds a lot to the beauty of the project, and then on Dublin Canyon Road. We'll talk a little more about that in detail in a little bit. So, we're kind of in a donut hole. We're in the middle. We think this is an infill project of an area that kind of needs some help. Historically it was an equestrian type of center 20 or 30 years ago and has fallen in disrepair and hasn't been used in many, many years. Our project partner on this is the Pleasant View Church of Christ. They were established in 1979 and I'd like to ask John Weiland, the chairman of their corporation to talk real briefly about why this is important for the church. John Wieland, Owner: Thank you, good evening. I'm John Wieland and as mentioned, I am speaking tonight for our congregation. We were established here in the community in 1979; a little bit before my time actually, and our building was constructed by our own membership back then. It is our desire to stay in Pleasanton. We don't want to sell, leave, or move to a less costly location. We've been serving this community for over 40 years and we'd like to continue to do that. I'd like to show you briefly what our vision is for the church portion of the property because there's a considerable amount of work that needs to be done on it. First and one of our more major problems is that we've been on a septic tank system all of these years. That's not worked the greatest for us and we need to hook up to the City of Pleasanton's sewer system. That's going to cost about $95,000. The landscaping has been pretty minimal and we'd like to put into effect a comprehensive plan to landscape PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, January 13, 2016 Page 6 of 26