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would best address Pleasanton's particular circumstances. Staff notes that the existing Home Depot store on Johnson Drive does not have a pattern or history of violations of conditions of approval or of serious violations of City ordinances. While some violations have occurred from time to time, their numbers have not been excessive, and are usually the result of changes in store management. The City's approach is to work with businesses and to acknowledge that they desire to be responsible members of the community. However, due to the potential impacts to the community if violations to the conditions regarding truck deliveries occur, staff has considered ways to increase the likelihood for compliance. Code Enforcement and Police Department staff indicate that creating a proactive position as soon as the center opens is the best way to establish on-going compliance. Thus, a key aspect of the City's enforcement plan would be to devote additional resources for the first few months of operation to ensure that Home Depot, other businesses in the center, and vendors understand and abide by the conditions of approval. To that end, the applicant has agreed to fund one-half of a police officer's salary for the first year of operation. Code Enforcement and Police Department staff would work together to enforce the conditions of approval by monitoring the hours of delivery and routes of trucks, both on city streets and at the site. Police would be alerted to the situation and would supplement Code Enforcement staff during off-hours. Conditions of approval would be available to the Police Department through use of its computer-assisted dispatch process to inform its officers of the pertinent conditions of approval. Police officers would pull over commercial vehicles using city streets to determine compliance with the conditions of approval, and Code Enforcement Officers would follow trucks to the center and would cite the driver and/or the offending business. In addition to citations of up to $1,000, Home Depot or other businesses would be subject to the City's administrative hearing process whereby they would be given two or three warning letters, leading up to an administrative hearing where additional fines and other compliance conditions could be imposed. Another enforcement tool is available through the conditional use permit process. If persistent violations of conditions of approval occur, the Planning Director would initiate a review of the conditional use permit with Home Depot. When staff becomes aware of violations of a conditional use permit, it will first call the business owner/manager and arrange a meeting to informally discuss and attempt to achieve compliance. Usually, once the business owner/manager becomes aware of the importance of complying with the conditions, the issue gets resolved. However if this approach fails, staff would bring the conditional use permit to the Planning Commission for a review of the use permit where conditions of approval can be modified or new ones added. Staff has drafted the conditions of approval so as to anticipate the issues upfront, but if issues cannot be resolved as stated above or if unforeseen issues develop, then staff would refer the use permit to the Planning Commission and, if necessary, the City Council. Staff notes that whether issues occur or not, we have included a condition of Page 10 of 14