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report and minutes, it notes that a separate conditional use permit process would be required for a future school on the site. Mr. Iserson indicated he does not know what reasoning went into that but that his judgment now indicates that a second conditional use permit process would no longer be needed to place a school on the Church property. In response to an inquiry by Acting Chairperson Fox regazding whether it would be feasible to move the gymnasium towazds the front along Stoneridge Drive rather than adjacent to the residential neighborhood by rotating the building or have the gym portion of the building placed in the vacant lot on the eastern portion of the pazcel where it was originally proposed, Mr. Miller replied that they wished to keep a low building profile towards the comer for aesthetic and masking reasons. They did not want the gymnasium to be in competition with the Church, which was located towazds the front of the site. He noted that visually, it was the focus of the site. Mr. Miller indicated that technically, the gymnasium portion could be moved to the other side of the Church, but there aze owner-driven program requirements. If the activity center were placed on the other side of the Church and parking is on the opposite side, it would be too faz away unless parking lots were constructed next to the activity center. Michael Gallagher, 3330 Muscat Court, continued the presentation and described the background of the project as well as the design and use rationale of the proposed expansion. He noted that there were 1,700 youth involved in the Faith Formation program, and there was no space to accommodate the high school participants. They named the activity center after Pope John Paul II, who was especially beloved by the youth. He emphasized that they wanted to continue to be good neighbors and noted that they had listened carefully to the neighbors' concerns about noise, traffic, and pollution. They hosted several neighborhood meetings to heaz those concerns, aswell as aCity- sponsored meeting. There were concerns about parking on Bowen Drive, and they would be willing to build a fence to discourage pazking. They would request parishioners not to pazk there and install signage on the sidewalk to ask parishioners to respect the neighbors by not parking there. He estimated that the cazs on that street belonged to the approximately 50 parishioners who live in that neighborhood. He noted that they would contain the children on-site to the best of their ability and would ensure that the children would be dropped off and picked up at the main entrance. Any children's activities would cease by 9:00 p.m. during the week, and 11:00 p.m. during the weekend. He indicated that the Church was willing to have a liaison to whom the neighbors could talk should problems occur. They were very concerned about the safety of the children and would ensure they enter and exit the building accordingly. He noted that most of the gyms azound Pleasanton exceeded 40 feet in height -Harvest Pazk Middle School, Pleasanton Middle School, and Foothill High School. He believed flip-flopping the gym would make it less aesthetically appealing. He indicated he understood why the Commission asked the question because of possible noise, but it will be a single-court gym and a double court for practice, but there will be 30 children at the most on the courts at one time. He believed this Center would be a benefit to the community in general. Showers would be installed, not for the gym users, but for a possible disaster recovery center. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES November 29, 2006 Page 12 of 28