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• Fran Herts, San Leandro teacher, cited Pleasanton as an all-inclusive community, thinks neighbors are misguided regarding noise, and voiced support of the application. • Ilene Cooper echoed Ms. Herts comments. • Leonard Cooper said he was a reserve police officer for Pleasanton and spoke of the noise meter police use in measuring sound based on the ordinance. He has never been to a Jewish event where noise was a problem, but if it were, he suggested contacting the Police and/or closing down the event. • Michael Fluss said his five children make noise and noted that breathing requires 10 decibels and human speech 50 decibels. He suggested neighbors move if they cannot tolerate listening to children talking and laughing. • Lloyd Felix said he is a realtor and has witnessed changing City demographics with more and more young children. He asked the City to evolve, accommodate more needs and voiced support of the application. • Douglas Banks spoke of his children's attendance to preschool and Hebrew School which have benefitted them and the community. He agreed the site is large and said it could have accommodated multiple homes instead and he asked that Chabad not be compared to the previous use by the Masons. • Dr. Jason Belk spoke of his children who have attended Chabad since a young age and who questioned him why there is an issue about playground noise. Parking has never been a problem at events and to be courteous to neighbors his family walks and parks from afar to accommodate neighbors. • Jonah James, high school student said he has been active in Chabad and thinks exposing children in their early years to the Jewish culture is important and vital for fostering Judaism. • David James spoke of the Jews' history of unwillful confinement which now seems to also extend to young people. He spoke about definitions of disturbances of peace, said licensed preschools and religious centers have a higher noise sensitivity requirement than actual residences, and no complaints have been received from the minister across the street. • Naomi Bloom, student at Chabad, spoke about her learning from Jewish preschool and said they will be peaceful and respectful neighbors. • Todd Katz agrees that people are concerned with neighborhood noise but jokingly suggested relocating all neighbors' houses about 70 feet to the north, keeping barking dogs inside, turning off air conditioners and limiting neighbors' use of their backyards to 30 minutes a day between 2 and 3 p.m. • Jim Shiffer, Treasurer of St. Clare's, said he negotiated the 50 year parking agreement with Chabad, said the playground needs to remain on the north side of the building and asked that Chabad put a parking lot between their two parking lots for access reasons. • Sagir Weiss-lshai said he is an architect/engineer for the City and County of San Francisco and he issues many fire permits and occupancies for daycares. His job is to ensure places are safe and he said there are hundreds of similar projects in San Francisco with no problems and voiced support of the project. • Shira Weiss-lshai, 13 year old student and student of Chabad, said she did not see that residents living next to preschools and schools were complaining of noise from children. • Marina Abreckov, junior at Amador Valley High School, said Chabad is the only Orthodox synagogue in Pleasanton and is very much needed. • Alex Roshal said he has two grandchildren attending Hebrew School, is the Chief Building Official for a Bay Area city, and 70 dB noise levels are those encountered from EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, April 25, 2018 Page 4 of 7