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Mr. Campbell referred to the increase in security guards and asked if all sixteen guards <br />were present on a Saturday night patrolling the area, or does that mean there are sixteen guards <br />on the payroll. <br /> <br />Mr. Ratinho said they were all present on Saturday. <br /> <br /> Mr. Campbell asked if he felt he had an obligation to work with the existing <br />neighborhood. <br /> <br />Mr. Ratinho said yes. <br /> <br /> Mr. Campbell asked he had a responsibility to control the patrons in the parking lot after <br />his businesses closes to make sure the noise complaints are alleviated or non-existent. <br /> <br /> Mr. Ratinho said yes. 90% of the job of the security guards occurs after the club closes. <br />Inside the club, there are no problems. He believed they have to do everything possible to <br />disperse the patrons. They have put up signs, handed out flyers, etc. to keep the noise down. <br /> <br /> Mr. Campbell said the business was most successful when it had hip hop music and the <br />business has gone down 60% since it changed to top 40 hits. The question is if you are allowed <br />to continue in business, will you go back to the hip hop format to make more money. He asked <br />if Mr. Ratinho was sincere in wanting to make changes. <br /> <br /> Mr. Ratinho said he planned to stay with the top 40 format, especially with the <br />information that Shabooms is closing for renovations. He felt those patrons will look for <br />somewhere else to go. <br /> <br /> Ms. Ayala thought he was converting to a Mountain Mike's Pizza with only the back half <br />for dancing. She asked what the occupancy was for the back half. <br /> <br />Mr. Ratinho said he was going to use only the back half and the occupancy was 250-275. <br /> <br />Ms. Ayala asked how he could have that same occupancy in half the space? <br /> <br /> Mr. Ratinho said he had to talk to the Planning Department and Building Department to <br />see what the actual allowed occupancy would be. His current capacity is 400. <br /> <br /> Ms. Ayala was confused about an incident in the video tape when it appeared someone <br />was being arrested. <br /> <br /> Mr. Ratinho did not think anyone was being arrested. He said he just filmed the police <br />going through his parking lot. He felt at that point in time that he was being targeted and the <br />point of the tape was to show the people leaving the parking lot in an orderly manner and that the <br />noise did not exceed noise levels in the ordinance. <br /> <br />Pleasanton City Council 11 09/03/02 <br />Minutes <br /> <br /> <br />