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Warren Wettstein, a Paseo Navarro resident, mentioned that two large explosions occurred on a weekend day in the past several months and based on his observations, it came directly from the Sutton's backyard. If the Suttons operate a daycare, how could they allow illegal fireworks when there are children present? Sue Evans, a Paseo Navarro resident, said that while she was not opposed to family daycare centers, she had a problem with the small U-shaped street that she lives on which currently has three small daycare centers in operation which have a detrimental effect to the neighborhood. She was not opposed to the existing condition but was opposed to increasing the capacity of the daycare home at 5574 Paseo Navarro. She noted that the original letter distributed by the Suttons indicated that it was requesting accommodation of two additional children as two existing clients were pregnant, which she did not oppose; however, this idea changed and she was surprised to later hear that the Suttons were requesting an application to expand its existing small daycare facility into a large family daycare facility for up to 14 children, which she opposed. She did not respond to Mr. Sutton's letter because she believed it was more acceptable to respond to the City, as she was aware this matter was going to the Planning Commission. She urged Council to uphold the appeal thereby denying the application. J.W. Fox, a Paseo Navarro resident, was strongly opposed to the approval of a use permit for a large family daycare. Vilas Thuse, a Pleasanton resident, spoke in favor for the approval of Patricia and Douglas Sutton's application for a conditional use permit to expand the existing daycare home application at 5574 Paseo Navarro into a large family daycare center. He did not believe that the existing two other small family daycare centers on Paseo Navarro would greatly impact the neighborhood. Paul Machi, a Paseo Navarro resident, supported the appeal and was opposed to the use permit for a larger family daycare center. The concerns of the Paseo Navarro neighborhood is the increase in traffic created by the expansion and the effects it would have on their lives and the safety of the 20 plus children who live on Paseo Navarro, two of which are handicapped. Currently there are three in home daycare centers located on Paseo Navarro, one of which is located five doors down from this location none of which service the children of its circle. He believed the current level of 24 daycare slots provided on this circle of 45 homes is more than adequate. He noted that Paseo Navarro is a small loop consisting of 45 homes and classified as Level of Service (LOS) A, which includes up to 30 vehicles per hour at peak time. The current level of daycare operations on this block is almost meeting the limit of the LOS on its own. If the City were to expand the daycare center, the LOS would be maximized simply by the daycare clients, which would elevate the LOS to B or C. The neighbors have attempted on two separate occasions to try and reach a compromise with the Suttons and neither time were successful. He believed this was a contradiction to the Suttons original letter to the neighborhood indicating that they were only trying to expand by two children of existing clients thus not increasing the traffic and exasperating the traffic and safety issues currently in existence. The City's plan to have the Suttons send letters to its clients to commit to driving safely is not a feasible solution to the problem and community meetings are not realistic due to the animosity created by this issue between the Suttons and the neighbors. He noted that 90 percent of the neighbors signed a petition in opposition to the permanent change in its neighborhood. He noted that the neighbors have not attempted to indicate or attempted in any way to shut down this or any of the daycare centers located on Paseo Navarro. Pleasanton City Council 8 1 0/04/05 Minutes