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Sonia Gupta stated that when she went back to work, she wanted a good quality after-school program for her son and was very impressed with Ivy League's programs. She noted that he gets good grades, completes his homework, participates in swimming, and can focus on activities other than academics. She said that after seven months, her son is now speaking Chinese to his friends, is multi-lingual, and is extremely proud of the school. She expressed her support for the school's move to a bigger facility and asked the Commission to approve the proposal. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. Chair Blank called for aten-minute break at 9:00 p.m. and thereafter reconvened the regular meeting. Chair Blank thanked all those who provided testimony and indicated that staff has done additional research during the break regarding the previous history and would provide further explanation. Ms. Decker corrected an earlier error that PCUP-179 is the use permit for the Korean Presbyterian Church, which is not affiliated with Little Ivy League or any of its programs. She provided a history of Little Ivy League's growth over time, indicating that the first conditional use permit related to Little Ivy League was PCUP-84, an application for a daycare facility, approved in August of 2003 for 32 children at 4455 Stoneridge Drive, the Pleasanton Community Church site. Ms. Decker continued that the second action was PCUP-138, which was the original request by Little Ivy League for a facility at 2340 Santa Rita Road and approved for a maximum of 30 students, Monday through Thursdayfor2.5 hours per day and Friday fort hours. She noted that in response to an earlier inquiry by the Commission if the program represented this evening to the Commission is the same as what was approved per a conditional use permit, the answer is "no," based on the first conditional use permit issued to Little Ivy League. Ms. Decker then stated that a third action which should be noted is PCUP-143, an application by United Youth Enrichment, a program very similar to Little Ivy League, which was established under the first action earlier described, PCUP-84, at 4455 Stoneridge Drive. She noted that the reason this approval was under the Pleasanton Community Church was because tutoring would not be allowed at this site without an umbrella, which was the church. She added that as a result, the church applied for a use permit as well as for an expansion to serve as the umbrella parent, effecting the operation of the United Youth Enrichment as an ancillary use of the church, for an after-school program for a maximum of 25 students. She noted that the church operated its daycare separately for 32 children, bringing the total number of children atthe siteto a maximum of 57. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, December 10, 2008 Page 17 of 35