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Chairperson Getty said a health club is very definitely a 'couple thing' and in expanding the building they will be increasing the usage. The public hearing was opened. Howard Wasserteil, 39812 Mission Blvd., Fremont (the applicant) spoke. He urged approval of his application. He stated that they are not at two-thirds of capacity as was discussed before but basically to capacity as a result of a promotion. He said the parking situation currently reflects this. He stated that under no circumstances do they wish to be bad neighbors and they have been taking parking counts including the surrounding restaurants. He said their counts covered two weeks from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. and there were 20/25 spaces on their lot during the raquetball's peak hours. He said if their proposal is turned down there will continue to be a parking problem and they are trying to increase from two to one the amount of parking provided by virtue of the expansion. He said the Planning Commission should understand their club is still pretty new in Pleasanton and to a certain degree it is a novelty which will reduce somewhat. He said they are somewhat changing their emphasis to the health club so that circulation is spread out. He said they would be happy to erect signs, write letters to membership to curtail membership parking in spaces other than those properly designated. He said they have been remiss in this regard to date. He said they haven't told their members not to park illegally in their parking lot or in front of the El Molino restaurant but believes he could be effective if he did so. Commissioner Wilson asked what the current membership is. Mr. Wasserteil said it is right around 1500/1600 level which they have indicated would be their maximum at their current size and with 2100 they are talking about an increase of 25$ over what it is right now and they are increasing the parking by 65$ so they are trying to address the parking situation. He said they are just about ready to cut the membership off. Chairperson Getty inquired as to whether these were family or individual memberships. Mr. Wasserteil said there are more family members than single members but they have both kinds. Chairperson Getty stated that when you have a family membership it could generate three cars; i.e., mother, father and a child who drives. Mr. Wasserteil says most of the time they would come in one car. He said that in a family membership often times you have the husband coming at 6:00 a.m. in the morning, the wife coming in the afternoon. He again stated they would be willing to write letters to their membership, erect signs and do whatever it would take to alleviate parking problems in the area. He urged the extension be approved prior to his purchasing of the property. -6-