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grow quickly enough to screen the view. She encouraged the City to change the Code to disallow residential storage of large motor homes as well. Jack Young, 1883 Rosetree Court, noted that he was a retired civil engineer and was concerned about the view from his upstairs window over the recreational vehicle. He did not believe that increasing the fence height would mitigate his view and that there could be any meaningful plant growth to accomplish that goal. He noted that he would not wish to purchase a property with a large vehicle next door and would want to negotiate a lower purchase price. Sherry Maas, 1968 Brooktree Way, noted that she lived directly across the street from the applicants’ property and could see the fifth wheel from her kitchen and front windows; she noted that she did not have any problem with it. She noted that she purchased her home for the side yard access and added that they had a covered motor home parked on their side yard as well. She noted that she was disappointed to see the division in neighborhood and hoped that the neighbors could exercise respect without imposing financial hardships on anybody. David Stauffer, 1955 Brooktree Way, spoke in opposition to this project. He cited Section 3 of the staff report which read, “Conditional uses are uses that by their nature require individual review to ensure that impacts associated with their use will be minimal.” He did not believe that the visual impact of this trailer was minimal and that the use complied with the Code. He believed there were already too many trailers in Pleasanton. Alyssa Barragan, 1971 Brooktree Way, noted that when her father grew up, this was a family-oriented neighborhood, and most of the neighbors had trailers and campers. She noted that the trailer enabled their family to camp together, which they had done their whole lives. She noted that the trailer has been kept closed except before and after their vacations and when her mother cleans it. Linda Barragan, 1971 Brooktree Way, noted that with respect to Ms. Carter’s concern regarding lowered property values, she had noticed there was an RV parked across the street from Ms. Carter’s kitchen window. She added that their family’s RV was not visible from any window and added that there were five RVs parked in the neighborhood, including one on the street. She noted that this RV was a family vacation tradition and that it was cost-effective for them. They had not realized there was an ordinance about RVs because there were several other RVs in the neighborhood already. She noted that the extra cost to store the RV off-site would pose a financial hardship for them. Derek Barragan understood the concerns about property value and noted that there were several other RVs on the street. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. Chairperson Fox noted that correspondence had been received from Cal Andre and LaDonna Burns, which had been included with the other documentation. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES May 23, 2007 Page 8 of 20