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West Las Positas Boulevard and the power went out; then the generator for a storage building that stores data turned on, and he felt the vibration from that generator coming off of his son's window. He stated that he complained to the City about it and can only imagine what this is going to be like with noise traveling down from those upper levels. Mr. Ghio stated that he thinks there should be strict guidelines on the number of people living per unit because otherwise, there could be three families living in one unit. He indicated that if his property value goes down, he will go to people in the same situation and they will testify that their property values went down. He noted that.Parkside used to be much more expensive than the surrounding neighborhoods, and now it has come down this much. He added that if there is a class action lawsuit, the City is going to pay and this proposal affects Parkside mostly, but it also affects all of Pleasanton, all of the parents who have students at Hart Middle School and Donlon Elementary, which has the most students of any elementary school. Mr. Ghio stated that he was in Hayward yesterday to serve for jury duty, and as he walked from BART over to the courthouse, he hit this kind of a complex that looks very nice from the outside but smelt of marijuana as soon as he got within its range. He stated that he used to work in San Francisco and now works in Oakland, and anywhere there is high-density population like that, there will be a lot of marijuana smoking. He noted that one does not smell that in Pleasanton right now and questioned if anyone has asked the police what they think of this proposal and if they think this is going to be a good thing. He added that he thinks it would be really interesting if someone went door to door or found some way to go to people in the Parkside neighborhood, and asked them what they think. He stated that he does not see how this is good for Pleasanton or for anybody, with the height of these buildings being two and a half times taller than the existing building. He noted that when he goes to Lake Tahoe and watches the fireworks from the pier, there is a guy in a condo that must be twice as far as this proposed complex is from his house who cranks up the music before the fireworks start, and everybody on the pier can barely hear the fireworks because of that. He indicated that he cannot even imagine what this is going to be like with 177 people living in the complex. Mr. Ghio stated that he is in law enforcement; he deals with the sheriffs office and works a lot of identity theft cases and things like that. He indicated that he knows a lot about low-income housing, and one time, they did a search warrant out in Brentwood on a house where two individuals were living; neither one had a job and they supported themselves off of welfare and identity theft and things like that. He stated that there is good that can come with low-income housing, there are a lot of good people out there who want to rise above their current environment, but there is also an element that comes with that. He noted that Dublin is a perfect example of what you get with that. He stated that he thinks this proposal could be placed in a much better place than where it is because there is a whole neighborhood that, if asked, probably would not have bought their houses if they knew that was going to be there. EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, September 11, 2013 Page 12 of 24