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ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Projects of this nature are categorically exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Section 15303. Therefore, no environmental document accompanies this report. FISCAL IMPACT The project consists of private development associated with a land use that will have no fiscal impact for the City. CONCLUSION The City has approved several large family home daycares in residential areas throughout Pleasanton. Consistent with the determination of the State legislature, experience has shown that most daycare facilities do not fundamentally alter the nature of the underlying residential uses. Drop-off and pick-up times tend to be staggered, thereby reducing traffic and parking impacts, and noise tends to be minimal. Mrs. Thuse provides children with a traditional home setting that is conducive to healthy and safe development. Staff believes that the applicant's home is in an appropriate location to provide a large family home daycare that both complies with the requirements ofthe Pleasanton Municipal Code and is consistent with the policies of the General Plan. The City of Pleasant on encourages daycare establishments in single-family residential neighborhoods and is usually able to negotiate conditions of approval for daycare facilities within residential developments (high density or otherwise) that are supported. Staff works with providers and the neighbors in an attempt to find satisfactory solutions to the issues that arise. Staff feels that the public's concerns for traffic, parking, facility use, and noise have been appropriately analyzed. Staff has provided recommended conditions of approval to remedy the concerns that were found to be valid. Staff finds that, as conditioned, the proposed facility mitigates the concerns raised by the surrounding neighbors and that it meets the City's large family daycare standards. Furthermore, the applicant has responded to neighborhood concerns by revising the application to limit the number of children to a maximum of 11. This reduction would result in a significant mitigation of the traffic, parking, and noise issues. In conclusion, staff finds that the impacts of the proposed project can be mitigated. The proposed large family childcare facility would not be detrimental to the health, safety, and welfare of the neighborhood, and that the parking and traffic concerns have been reviewed and addressed. Therefore, staff recommends that the City Council approve the appeal, thus SR:06:033 Page 10