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Francis Stone, 422 Saint Mary Street, noted that this building would house the pub iF it were to be approved and added that the appeal before City Council would be heard on February 1 , 2005. She requested that any action on this item be deferred until after the appeal has been heard, if this building were to be dedicated to housing the pub_ She expressed concern about the level of traffic Lhat would be drawn onto Peters Avenue. Commissioner Roberts noted that this application and the appeal were two difFerent items. Brenda Sauter, 418 Saint Mary Street, spoke in opposition to this item and noted that as Downtown residents, they expected noise and traffic. She appreciated the applicant's willingness to improve this building. She expressed concern about infrastructure and believed that the parking lot also used by Fernando's would fill up during the day. She expressed concern about traffic in the area and noted that noise was also an issue_ Michael O'Callaghan, Pleasanton Downtown Association PDA), 125 West Neal Street, invited any Planning Commissioner to sit on the PDA's Design Review Committee and noted that they enjoyed a good relationship with City staff He acknowledged that the parking and infrastructure issues had been discussed by the PDA and Alarmed for in the Downtown Specific Plan_ He noted that community parking lots had. been designed and discussed. He believed that Mr. Byrd's changes to the building were very attractive and that the PDA supported staffs recommendations. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED_ Commissioner Fox noted that although she Found the new design to be attractive, she would not support it because of the reference on page 1 1 to the demolition of the 100-year-old arch colonnade. She acknowledged that there was dry rot and termite damage to the building and could support it if the application discussed rectifying those conditions and reconstructing it similar to the original building. Commissioner Roberts noted that it had been previously discussed and was not part of this application_ Commissioner Arkin noted that he had Faith in this particular applicant and supported the expedition of this application. Commissioner Roberts moved to approve the revisions to PDR-355 as conditioned in the staff report, with the modification that th¢ word "initial" b¢ ins¢rt¢d before all the phrases "building permit" in Conditions No. 2-7_ Commissioner Arkin seconded the motion_ PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES January 26, 2005 Page 7 of 17