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the Commission to allow him to operate his business based upon his exemption until such time as he obtains his daycare license. He indicated that he is willing to have the Commission condition his program to be open only for 16 hours or less per week. He stated that kindergarteners in Pleasanton are out of school at 11:30 a.m., and he will not need to pick them up. He noted that there are four other existing facilities in Pleasanton, having the same program as his and having approvals using an exemption like his that pickup kindergarteners at 11:30 a.m. Mr. Pfund reiterated that this is his dream and that he has done this for 30 years. He stated that he knows the Commission wants to do the right thing and requested the Commissioners to think back to a time where something was insurmountable but they did not give up and in the end, they got what they wanted. Commissioner Narum asked Mr. Pfund what requirements he was missing and what kind of timeframe he has been told regarding when he would get his daycare license. Mr. Pfund replied that he has completed all of the requirements except the background check, which he submitted back in April of 2008. He noted that he has no convictions so he should be able to get his background clearance. He added that he has completed his fingerprint Live-scan process and that he calls them every other week, but they cannot tell him when the process will be completed. He stated that his files were initially misplaced and had to be tracked down, but everything will be completed and will be ready to go. Chair Blank asked Mr. Pfund if he has completed the three semester units. Mr. Pfund replied that he has completed all the requirements except the three ECE units, which the State allows to be completed within one year from the date of application. In response to Chair Blank's inquiry if the only thing pending is the background check portion, Mr. Pfund confirmed that was the case. Commissioner Fox stated that she thought the background check was supposed to be completed in August and that the project was not going to come before the Commission until it was completed. Mr. Dolan stated that he did not recall a conversation where staff committed to wait until the background check was completed. He noted that staff knew Mr. Pfund had applied for the background check and assumed it would be granted; he did not recall committing to wait on it, as it appeared to be a routine process. Commission Fox referred to timing and asked if Mr. Dolan was aware that Mr. Pfund would come to the Commission and would ask to reconsider him as a private recreation facility. Mr. Dolan replied that he was not aware Mr. Pfund would specifically do this. He stated that staff met with Mr. Pfund last week and discussed the potential additional requirements relating to the occupancy, which Mr. Pfund indicated he had some significant concerns regarding his ability to do this. He added that since that time, there have been conversations with the Building and Safety Division about how to address this specific issue and there has been the possibility that the solution is not necessarily PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, November 12, 2008 Page 9 of 29