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construction equipment which cannot be compared to children playing. The project is straight-forward and he asked for approval. • Karina Abreckuv questioned why people would be opposed to the project and said if the application is denied the real disappointment will lie in the community. • Ariel Burstein, 12 year old student, spoke of her positive experiences and influence from her teachings of Chabad, and asked for support. • Viktoria Garo said the beauty of Pleasanton is the ability to celebrate the outdoors, noise is a normal part of family life, and Chabad is an investment for the community. • Leia Zirogiannis, 3rd grader and Hebrew School student, supported the playground and project. • David Silberman said this is about NIMBY and thinks neighbors should be required to have permits for all outdoor activities at their homes. If noise levels are excessive he suggested neighbors call and also suggested Chabad have a noise monitor for neighborhood homes to be fair. • Amit Noble, high school student, said Chabad is trying to connect people to their roots and what being Jewish means. He was part of a Chabad Teens program and could not have learned many things in his journeys without Chabad. • David Grossbaum said he moved from New York to Pleasanton and thinks the sounds of little children are beautiful. • Daniel Jontof-Mutter said Chabad needs the playground for children, noting he lives next door to an elementary school with a lot more noise than Chabad would ever produce outdoors. • Judie Lawrence said she worked for the Rabbi in the same building as they housed their preschool and she was never disturbed by noise from children. • Natasha Radovilsky said she is from the Soviet Union and to practice religion is forbidden. She voiced support of Chabad and the noise of children's laughter. • Alina Ostrovsky said she was surprised to hear of noise issues. She lives near the fairgrounds and simply closes her windows if there is excessive noise, and said she looks forward to her 4 year old attending the preschool. • Aden Zirogiannis, 6th grader and attends the Chabad, thinks the playground will be great for preschoolers and that everybody will be peaceful and good neighbors. • Gabriel Zirogiannis echoed support of Chabad and cited noise is not a true issue. • Mark Hoffman spoke of Chabad's valuable and essential service to the community which should be allowed to fulfill its mission to provide religious services, education, preschool and programs. The immediate neighbors' position is one of zero tolerance and complete silence even though they moved in after the building was in place. The issue is one of compliance of code and reasonableness, and he cited noise from a variety of other noise-generating activities in the nearby neighborhood. Rabbi Resnik said they met with City staff and are willing to accept some compromise, but wants to see the conditions of the approval modified to reflect the following: 1. Elimination of condition not allowing windows or doors to be open; 2. Allow for a biblical garden in the back third of the property; 3. They want a seamless playground in the back for kids which can be accessed from the classrooms; 4. Allow for the playground to be open whenever the preschool is open and that it not be limited to certain hours; 5. Allow balloons; and EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, April 25, 2018 Page 5 of 7