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memory loss and he's a little autistic. He doesn't forget. She doesn't remember. They are an incredible couple and they live here in Pleasanton together. The problem is, she is aging and he's 50 and I'm older than him. So we have an issue coming on and so Sunflower Hill is the perfect solution for us. I have no envisions that we are going to get into the number of small homes here. The chances of us getting in with everybody else is small, but we also own two rentals here in Pleasanton and David, to answer your question, I would gladly sell one of those rentals to buy one of these and move him in that — absolutely. This is a perfect concept for anybody who has ever had a mentally challenged brother, sister, or family member. We are getting older. We have nowhere to put these kids. If my brother didn't have me, we would have nothing. My mother can't take care of him and he would be in a group home. So Sunflower Hill is an outstanding concept for all of us and I hope you can see to fulfill it. Anuradha Paid: Thank you for giving us the opportunity to speak here today. I've been in Pleasanton for 20 years. Both my children were born here. My younger son is on the autistic spectrum. When we moved to Pleasanton, we didn't have any children. We moved because we love the community. We liked the situation here and it was close to us for work. When my second son was diagnosed, we realized the amazing support we have from the school system. He studies at Pleasanton Middle School right now in special education and every time we go to the street fair, it seems like the entire community knows him. Somebody either works with him, they know who he is, they have had some interactions with him and so it is really a community bringing these children up together for us. That's how we feel and so what is proposed here with Sunflower Hill and the surrounding neighborhood, and Susan spoke to this —the affinity, the community feeling, this is a continuation of that for many of us and it is great to see this vision coming through. It's also a great environment to have and to continue the story of not just providing an education, but also helping them find a place to live and maybe work and have some skills in the community moving forward so they can contribute to the community, add value and also be independent in their lives. I think that's a great setup for us to have and a great message for Pleasanton to be able to bring forward. So I appreciate you considering this. From our end we're very excited and fully supportive of this. To your question, we would happily go into a partnership with other families to buy a place if we can't get into one of those spots. Thank you very much. Commissioner Allen: Just to understand, if you were to buy a home in a shared situation, would there generally be an assistant living there with the young adults? Paid: I think it depends on the group of children living there because these are children on a spectrum so some are very high functioning in certain areas and it's not a physical issue —it's more of whether they can stay independently or do we need to look for a care giver or somebody who could stay with them. So I think it depends, there's multiple ways to deal with that so we would look at that situation and say, do we need somebody or do we need somebody to check in everyday with them, so there are many ways we could deal with it. But yes, we will be happy to look at those. Brock Roby (with son, Barrett Roby): This is my son Barrett. Actually, I'm on the Human Services Commission so it's nice to come and see you guys in your work here tonight, and Barrett is a young adult who's happy in the Down Syndrome community. How old are you now? Barrett Roby: 24. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, April 27, 2016 Page 14 of 43