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<br />June 14 2006 <br /> <br />Pleasanton Planning Commission <br /> <br />We are Ruth and Tim Bennett, 784 East Angela Street and are diagonally <br />behind the Knights home. <br /> <br />I would like to thank the members of the Commission who have visited my <br />house to get a real feel of the situation we are faced with. <br /> <br />I have read all the documents sent to us in the planning package and am <br />impressed with how well the Knights canvassed their neighbors on Mirador <br />Court. However they never approached us at any time in this process. <br /> <br />It is important to consider that none of the residents (except the Knights <br />immediate neighbor, Martha) will be affected by the proposed project other <br />than construction issues and stand to gain by their increased property values. <br />So most of their comments are biased. None ofthem have been in my back <br />yard to gauge the effect ofthe project on my property. <br /> <br />The Knights propose to double the size of their house. In a neighborhood of <br />predominantly 1600 sq ft, single story homes, theirs would be over 3000sq ft. <br /> <br />Because of the stepped nature of the hillside, my back yard offers views to <br />Mount Diablo, the Livermore hills ( when the trees are bare) and a wonderful <br />airy, foresty, private feel. That's why I bought the house and spent $100000 <br />on remodeling and repairs. I look over the roofs of the houses on Mirador <br />Court. However, the Knights proposed second story addition will place a <br />structure in my backyard. Some of that structure could be concealed by trees <br />