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they preserved those houses. And then across the street they preserved that and made a little business out of it, so I was hoping we could preserve the house where my grandfather lived and my father, and also my father had a small business and he served the community for over 30 years until he died. So that's my case. I hope we can preserve those buildings and see it work his plan in. Thank you. Ed Cintrone: They're building three units next to me; three houses on the other side of my property. I came in and I asked if you guys would allow in the back a three -story building and you refused it. Now, he's coming in and wants to put a three -story building in and I don't understand how it could change from one little section to the other. And then also, what do you guys consider a heritage tree? There are huge oak trees there that have been there for over 100 years and he wants to tear everything down and gut it; the whole landscape, and then he wants to build these with a three -story building with tin roofs and stuff and he doesn't even come close to what is on Augustine Street. There's nothing like that there, you know, so he's not really preserving one of the old streets in Pleasanton. I mean Augustine was my great, great uncle. He's the one that started the racetrack and they named that street after him. And now they're going to tear everything down and there's no retail on that whole Bernal Avenue. I just don't understand how they can tear down and cut down heritage trees. That's all I can say. Alok Damireddy: My company owns the property next door to the north. I have about eight points and you might have a few questions on them. So the FAR ratio; I'm a little concerned about that. From my calculations it shows a 60% ratio, a lot size of 12,632 square feet. There are 12 parking spots that are required I guess, but a 300:1 ratio of mixed use, I would presume three parking spots, and that would bring it to 15. The other thing I wanted to point out is my property, it wasn't one spot per unit, but rather 1.5 parking spots per unit so I created six parking spots. Now, I specifically emailed staff about the three stories and when I proposed a 30 foot building it was shot down so I'm not sure how staff here wants to recommend a three -story building. It wasn't about the height of the buildings but rather the number of stories. That was what was cited as the cause. I know the PUD allows for some flexibility but I don't know how it would be consistent with the rest of the neighborhood there. I'm just concerned that staff is supporting this when the same thing about eight months back was not supported. I haven't seen any story poles so I don't know if that's something that's going to come up. I'd like to see this project undertake PG &E undergrounding of the electrical lines on that street. The other concern I have is about Residence 3's setback to the north. It probably has a five -foot setback from what I can see here to my property line. You know, this is something I'd like to thank Mike on. He reached out to me and I support the rezoning of this into a residential neighborhood. I think it adds value to the property there, but what I don't support is three -story buildings and other concerns I've raised. So I hope I get some communication back. I think the general process about how the City communicates back to people who commented is probably not the best because I did email the planner on duty about my concerns. I didn't get any notifications back from the work session, so in the future I hope the City has a way to communicate back to citizens who have responded in general. But in a nutshell, you know my PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, July 13, 2016 Page 17 of 38