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ATTACHMENT 6 ~~ - 12-1 ~; April 18~, 2008 _' ~ ~: ~, . _~ ~>a: To: The City Council Re: Appeal for PCUP 205 at 481 Sycamore Road, Pleasanton. We are appealing the 4-1 decision the Planning Commission rendered on April 9~, 2008. I have been a resident of Pleasanton for the past 3 years, after purchasing a prime beautiful piece of land at 455 Sycamore Road. I feel that my right as a resident with concerns regarding the unpermitted actions taken by my neighbor, Janny Roacha was taken away. I am in hopes that the City Council will reconsider the actions by Ms. Roacha as poorly intended, and with malice as the main motivator. Ms. Roacha's placement of a huge water tank in my frontage area without proper permitting should not be left in its current location and size reduction should be discussed. By not making any adjustments to her self preserved placement of this tank the City is only rewarding Ms. Roacha for doing unpermitted work and excluding the residents of this area from having any objections to her ill chosen placement of this water tank. The proper way a person relocates and replaces a water tank in the City of Pleasanton is by applying for a conditional use permit, as explained by Natalie Amos. In turn, the Planning Commission would schedule a public hearing and the general public, 1000 feet from the existing tank would be informed and invited to voice their concerns, objections, or support regarding the relocation as well as the replacement of this tank. That right as a resident in this city was excluded due to the direct action that Ms. Roacha executed in May of 2007, by relocating and replacing a large water tank 35 feet further away from her residence, making it a large, obtrusive object just off the fence line, in my frontage that I share with Ms. Roacha. Furthermore, although lines of communication are now absent, then, my husband had a conversation prior to any action encouraging her that if she proceeds with relocating the storage tank that we did not want it anywhere near the front of our home since our frontage is her fence line. The size of the tank that was to be relocated was in question as well, either 2500 or 5000 gallons, considering she was connecting to city water and the water would be for irrigation purposes only. Ms. Roacha briefly listened and went about her business. This area that Ms. Roacha placed this tank is being disputed as well. She replaced the fencing and relocated the tank within 5 feet of land that had been owned, by us, and had