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Chairperson Fox presented the Planning Commission’s commendation for Phil Grubstick, who is retiring from City service. She noted the commendation details his service history with the City as its Assistant Director of Public Works and City Engineer. She added that Phil is also the Public Works liaison to the Planning Department and the Planning Commission as well as to the City’s Geotechnical Engineering and Geology consultants. She noted that Phil had worked on the Lin property and the Staples Ranch project. She read the following portion of the commendation into the record: “Whereas Phil’s strength of character and determination to hold the bar for design, construction, inspection, and performance and to find creative solutions to the design challenges of both private and public projects will be sorely missed. “Now, therefore it be resolved that the Planning Commission hereby recognizes and highly commends Phil Grubstick for his valuable support and assistance to the Commission, expresses its appreciation for his many contributions to the City’s growth and development, and extends sincere best wishes for an enjoyable and productive retirement.” Chairperson Fox noted that Wes Jost would accept the commendation on behalf of Mr. Grubstick. 3. MEETING OPEN FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE TO ADDRESS THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON ANY ITEM WHICH IS NOT ALREADY ON THE AGENDA. James Frost noted that the Planning Commission meeting in December 2006 addressed sports courts. He added that staff made a proposal to address standards for sports courts, and observed that the Commission believed that staff’s proposal did not go far enough in protecting neighborhoods from people who did not appear to care as much for their neighbors as he would hope. He had inquired about the future of the proposed ordinance to the City Manager, and received the following response: “In response to your inquiry below, Planning staff took a proposed ordinance to amend the Code to the Planning Commission on December 2006. The Commission directed staff to take the ordinance out to the community in the form of neighborhood meetings and also conduct outreach to the homeowners associations in Pleasanton. However, due to time constraints and the impact of other projects, these outreach meetings have not occurred as of yet.” Mr. Frost understood staff’s concerns about time constraints but did not recall that being the directive coming out of that meeting. He remembered that the Planning staff was supposed to go to the homeowners associations to examine the existing rules and to develop a better proposal for the ordinance within the City. He did not recall community and outreach meetings as being part of the recommendation. He noted that with respect to basketball backboards and hoops, the PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, October 10, 2007 Page 3 of 21