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Usha Gurazada: Good evening and thank you so much for listening to us. My name is Usha Gurazada and I am my husband Shama moved in here about 10 years ago and our property backs into the Masons property right next to the Millers. From everything that you guys just heard, all I want to say is we're a family. We work full -time. We have seniors in our home. We have young children in our home and what we love about Pleasanton is the environment, and this is clearly disrupting the environment that we chose the City for. So I think it is the responsibility of the City to adhere to the restriction of keeping these parties indoors and not letting it disturb what we want to do in our home and in our living space. I am totally with the Millers with the fact that these parties —the recommendations that the City is making is legalizing what they're doing outdoors and that's clearly not what we want and we're in fact hoping and expecting that you will listen to our voices. Thank you so much. Steven Deselms: Hello. I'm not very good at talking. I've been a resident since 1971. I'm an original owner. I grew up on the corner from the Millers and I don't think that you should permit the staff to pass their agenda. I think number one would be the best bet. I'm really appalled that the staff for the fact that they had a problem since 2009 and they can't fix the problem. That's all I want to say. Lori Dillon: I live on Sequoia Court and I just want to say that I'm hoping that there are no outside parties and hoping that everyone stays inside. The meetings can stay inside. It's the parties. There's usually going to be alcohol involved and you know, bars, restaurants, it's always escalated with alcohol and that's all I have to say. Thanks. Jeff Renholts: Good evening Commissioners. My name is Jeff Renholts. I live on Astor Court and as a point of reference my dining room looks out on the 50 yard line of Foothill High School. I do understand noise. I invite you to the annual Foothill and Amador Valley football games and I'll leave it at that. I just want to say the Board of Directors has been engaged in negotiations regarding the sale of the building and we have been in contact with the City trying to reach some sort of an agreement here. We sought to postpone this hearing one month to July 27th just so we would be prepared to review all items in the agenda packet. The Millers have been granted numerous and extended postponements. This hearing, as you heard, was supposed to be taken in January of 2015 and we're just seeking a one month delay to prepare for allegations which have been made but not conveyed to us except through this packet that we were able to download just this past week. We will object to the adoption of any of the conditions that are in Exhibit 1. That is based on the letter from our attorney and Board at that time which does not represent the current board insomuch as the Millers have continually refused to accept any of the self- imposed conditions that the Board at that time proposed. The City has pointed out, through a number of letters attached to the agenda item that the lodge is not in violation of the existing CUP. We therefore are willing to accept that opinion and we will be willing to negotiate with the Millers moving forward. We do not understand though why the property is from both Pleasanton's Masonic Center and St. Claire's Church are zoned RM -2,500 when the existing uses have been in place for more than 35 years and as much as the church is running a daycare and hosting multiple indoor and outdoor events during the course of any given week, far more than the lodge is or ever has done, we believe that both properties should be zoned in a manner appropriate for their current uses. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, June 22, 2016 Page 20 of 56