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We are requesting that the City Council review the June 27,2018 decision of the Planning Commission regarding the Chabad CUP for the following substantial reasons. 1. The building originally constructed by the Masons, and now owned by Chabad,is an atypical situation. It was placed as the second building on a lot only designed for one building. As such,it creates a significant increase in potential activity and so is not a normal building to be used the same way as other structures. To protect the neighbors from activities generated by this building,the 1977 Planning Commission prohibited outdoor activity at the site. The 2018 Planning Commission's decision violates the conditions placed on the nature of this site from its inception. 2. The Planning Commission has ignored the level of noise that will be generated by the playground. An objective analysis by a sound engineer hired by the Millers indicates that the noise from the playground will be at least 20 dB above the ambient noise level. Five dB is the industry threshold for a significant increase in noise. The playground will increase ambient noise far above this level. 3. The Planning Commission approved additional outdoor activities,specifically large events of up to 120 people and smaller gathers of up to 24 people,with no assessment of the noise impact. These additional outdoor activities may generate similar and in some cases higher levels of noise than the playground. 4. The Planning Commission has failed to consider the accumulated impact of interjecting three new noise sources at the site,creating noise for extended periods of time virtually all day long and every day of year,that is,24/7/365. 5. The Planning Commission has failed to justify its statement that the dramatic increase in noise allowed by the new CUP will not be detrimental. Not only is the statement unsupported, but all the objective evidence proves the statement is incorrect. Scientific studies,numerous complaints by the neighbors,and the petition by the residents around the building that the noise is harmful to them all disprove the Planning Commission's claims. 6. The Planning Commission granted permission for social activities that have no apparent outdoor religious requirement. 7. The Planning Commission has ignored,and in fact reversed,the City Council's clear and unanimous decision prohibiting outdoor activity at this site and the 40 year history of limitations on this site. The decision of unelected officials should not override the decision of elected officials who are the highest authority in the City.