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Sue Worth, 4168 Cid Way, wanted the gate open 6:00 a. m. to 9:00p.m. On occasion, maybe once or twice a month, it would be nice to allow La Petite to have after hours activities that working parents could participate in. She also wanted adequate lighting during that period. Gina Hisel, 1344 Greenwood Road, urged Council to consider the safety of the children. La Petite has done a lot for the community. It gives childcare at 6:00 a.m. and transports the children to and from school. The additional programs would be important to the families. She works in San Ramon and twice a week she drops her kids off at 6:00 a.m. She believes the paperboy makes more noise than she does. Terri Granlund, 1539 Calle Enrique, indicated she has only encountered the gate being closed on two occasions and it was a disaster. The lighting is also a great concern. When you have to wallc around the building there is no lighting until you get to the front door of La Petite. In the winter it is completely dark. The neighbors behind La Petite don't want to come back to continue resolving issues, but if that gate is locked, they will be back complaining about the noise of mothers dragging children through the parking lot. Right now, you only go ten feet from the car to the door. She related all the things a parent has to bring in addition to having a child on each arm. She indicated some of La Petite's activities after hours benefit Children's Hospital. Pleasanton doesn't offer a lot for working parents to share quality time with their children. She urged keeping the gates open from 6:00 a.m. to a reasonable time in the evening so that on an occasional basis parents can spend time with their children and their teachers. ~ Jaber, 577 Holmes Street, Livemore, supported keeping the gates open at 6:00 a.m. Before going to La Petite, his child was in a home care situation. At that hour of the morning his child was allowed to watch television. La Petite provides structured programs that are better for the children. He also supported occasional late hours for programs. Ron Hunt, 2790 Longspur Way, indicated his belief that the shopping center was poorly designed when it was built. The buildings, the asphalt, everything echoes noise to the residences. The residents can live with the original agreement made ten years ago. It said building 5 would be office space only. None of the neighbors knew of the change to allow retail until a few years ago. He agreed the two pet stores could stay if building 5 is limit~xi to offices. If the original agreement were upheld, there would be noise on the weekdays and occasionally in the evenings and weekends. It would be quiet on the weekends. Retail's biggest hours are evenings and weekends. Mr. Hunt quoted from the minutes in 1992 regarding restricting Building 5 to office use only. The original PUD agreement required all low profile lighting. Manulife said the light pole would be ten feet and there would be mature landscaping. Now they say fifteen pole and non-mature landscaping. We propose 36" box trees if they want the tall pole. If we must have 24" boxes, then we want the low profile lighting. Finally, the hours for the gate were originally 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. We are so close to this area, the noise is very loud and is amplified by the existing design. He supports the children and their needs on the other side of the fence, but how about the children on our side of the fence. He sympathized with the parents, but if the gate condition had been enforced all along, they would not have been 03/19/96 -17-