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-----Original Message----- From: Hans Ongchua [mailto: Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 200511:00 PM To: Rosalind Rondash Subject: Concerns PDUP-8, Vilas & Megha Thuse Dear Ms. Rondash, I had read the information regarding the application for conditional use permit approval to expand an existing family daycare facility into a large family daycare facility for up to 14 children located at 5276 Genovesio Drive. This would be located in the Valencia community of Hacienda. 1 do not support this application based on the following concerns: 1. Observations of the effects of expanded daycare facilities in residential areas in Danville - I and colleagues in the real estate industry had seen the abuse of large daycare permits in residential neighborhoods of Danville. These have often resulted in increased street traffic and parking abuses. These, in turn, have led to neighborhood discord (in some cases, outright hostility), police intervention to deal with parking abuses or count vehicles, and a decrease in nearby property values. I do not live adjacent to the property in question but I do not want to see the potential for the same problems brought to the Hacienda residential area. 2. Increased traffic - There are no guarantees that current and future clients of the daycare facility will be from the immediate neighborhood and the daycare facility owners cannot make such guarantees. There is only one road leading into Genovesio Drive and that is San Marcos Way, which cuts through the middle of Avila at Hacienda. This facility will increase the traffic through San Marcos Way; affecting both Valencia and A vila residents. Within our homeowners association meetings, we have often lamented that non-residents often drive well-above the posted speed limits of our community and put our children at risk. We have worked hard to manage the situation within A vila and do not want to be affected by actions of residents in Valencia. 3. Pressure on the Planning Commission for more future approvals - I am not a legal expert, but it stands to reason that the existence of one expanded daycare facility may restrict the liberties of the Commission (and its future members) to deny new facilities. I understand this daycare facility may serve the needs of some local residents but a permit for 14 children, in a residential community with only one incoming/outgoing street, carries too many risks of detrimental effects: . Increased street traffic along San Marcos Way. . Safety risks to pedestrians; particularly schoolchildren of our community. . Increased costs to the City of Pleasanton for monitoring of traffic and dealing with complaints. . Increased costs to homeowner association to manage traffic and, as a last resort, install speed bumps. . Potential pressure to approve new applications for large daycare facilities. . Neighborhood discord and neighbor quarrels. . Decreased property values of adjacent homes and communities. As a parent, I can sympathize with the need for nearby daycare. But as a Pleasanton homeowner who has seen the effects in nearby Danville, my advice to the commission is to