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Statement for 23 August 2023 Planning Agenda Item 6, 2107 Martin Ave Hello, my name is Jay Galvin. I live aTorrey Court, Pleasanton, which is a property 200 yards away from the PU APparcel and the sports court fence under discussion. In other cities. I have served eight years as a Planning Commissioner/ Zoning Board of Appeals chair, subsequently in Pleasanton I have served 16 years on the Housing Commission, Economic Vitality Committee, and various task forces. I am also a board member of the Stoneridge Park Homeowners Association, which has five houses abutting the. Martin Ave complainant property adjacent to the one with the sports court. I have known the PUD applicants Ashish and Meenu for seven years, they lived next- door to me for four years, were very good neighbors, sociable, and friendly to other members of our Association. I was surprised to receive the Notice of this hearing regarding a PUD for Development Standards on this property. I was aware Ashish had talked to Planning Staff in the past regarding his plans. I thought everything would work out. I knew these 30+ parcels were annexed in the 1990s under special conditions but was not aware of the lack of PUD Development Standards. It is amazing how many dozens of sports courts, garages, and ancillary structures, have been built before this became an issue. I do understand why Planning Staff recommended that Ashish and Meenu request the Development Standards for this property at R 1-40,000 be established to cover any future development. What I do not understand is how a complaint to the City's Code Enforcement turned into a project with so much effort. Sports courts can include tennis courts, pickle ball, basketball hoops, batting cages, soccer practice areas, chid jumping structures, and a variety of other uses that have varying needs of shielding the sport from surrounding properties. Pleasanton has not undertaken the responsibility for creating standards for any of these uses. Pleasanton does have PMC specifications for setbacks for residential properties, ancillary units, lighting over ten feet, and fences between property lines. Ashish wanted to build a tennis sports court with a fence and at one time have lights on the fence. He initially contacted the Building Department in August of 2022 and was told that as long as the fence was not over 10 feet high and the lights were not higher