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Commissioner Piper asked Mr. Roesbery where his other service station with a <br /> 7-Eleven store was located. <br /> Mr. Roesbery replied that it is in Antioch. <br /> Commissioner Piper inquired if it was close to a residential area. <br /> Mr. Roesbery replied that behind the gas station were all residential properties. He <br /> added that the 7-Eleven was open 24 hours. <br /> Commissioner Ritter asked Mr. Roesbery if his gas station would become a smog check <br /> station if he does not convert it into a convenience store. He noted that he does not <br /> know what else could be done at that location besides a convenience store. <br /> Mr. Roesbery replied that he did not really know but that he cannot continue to be out of <br /> service. He indicated that they have working on this project for a long time and that if it <br /> does not work, he does not know what they could do. <br /> Brad Hirst stated that on the subject of crime, to be precise, the two numbers the <br /> Commission should remember are zero and one: in the 15 years that Mr. Roesbery has <br /> been at this location, there have been zero robberies and one burglary. He noted that <br /> there have been more robberies at banks in Pleasanton than there have been at this <br /> property, and the one burglary, which occurred the past September, was caught on <br /> video. <br /> With respect to noise, Mr. Hirst clarified that one thing that probably should be brought <br /> up and that no one at the City likes to hear this is that when the windows are open on <br /> Sunday night, the people in the house will hear noise, but it will be from the City streets <br /> and not from the car wash. He indicated that the City streets exceed the noise <br /> ordinance in Pleasanton. He added that if the neighbors have a problem with having <br /> their windows open on Sunday night, they should talk to the people on the street. <br /> Mr. Hirst stated that this is the age of change, and change is all around. He indicated <br /> that he calls it the "Amazon" generation, and today's Pleasanton does not have Fisher's <br /> Drive-In at Main Street and Stanley Boulevard; it does not have a Valley Drive-In movie <br /> theater at Valley Avenue and Santa Rita Road; and most significantly, Rose Ranch, <br /> now known as Pleasanton Meadows, no longer floods. He pointed out that this property <br /> has been a gas station for 45 years; the Exxon two-bay service station was torn down <br /> years ago in 1989 and was replaced with the current building which has four service <br /> bays. He added that as has been mentioned by Mr. Roesbery, the trend of doing <br /> automotive service in service stations is out the window; it is a high-liability, low-margin, <br /> high-risk, labor-intensive issue, so there will be change. <br /> Mr. Hirst stated that they notified the neighborhood about this proposal and personally <br /> knocked on the 200 closest doors across Santa Rita Road and West Las Positas <br /> Boulevard, on Weymouth Court and up Fairlands Drive. He added that they also invited <br /> PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, August 27, 2014 Page 12 of 44 <br />