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would be willing to look at a one-hour reduction in the car wash hours of operation and moving that back to 9:00 p.m. Mr. Hirst replied that what might make sense is to limit the carwash to 9:00 p.m. during standard hours and 10:00 p.m. during daylight saving hours as it is still light then until 9:00 p.m. He indicated that the applicant is agreeable to that. Dan Skinner stated that he has been a 7-Eleven employee for 35 years and has held various positions throughout the Bay Area but is currently running 91 stores in the South Bay. He indicated that he is a market manager, but more importantly than where he has made his living the last 35 years is that he has lived with his family in Pleasanton since 1988, and his wife, whose family has lived in Pleasanton since 1968, was a member of the first graduating class of Foothill High School. He added that they are invested in this City and have lived in the Meadows since 1993, and that they love that neighborhood and would not do anything to see it go down. He stated that both his daughters went to Fairlands Elementary, Hart Middle School, and Amador High School. Mr. Skinner stated that 7-Eleven has been a corporate resident of Pleasanton since the early 1980's and has a western region office in the City, the first over by Stoneridge Mall and now at the corner of Chabot and Stoneridge Drives. He added that 7-Eleven has been transforming itself over the last 20 years and is becoming a preferred food and destination, looking at "fresh" as a way to make itself more important to the communities. He noted that they have a daily delivery of fresh bakery, fresh sandwiches, fresh fruit, and fresh dairy, stating that a gallon of milk at 7-Eleven is bottled the night before it was delivered and has 16 days of code. He added that 7-Eleven has pioneered a number of programs in its stores to improve safety as well as control the sale of age-restricted products. He noted that it has a State-recognized program called "Come of Age"which trains its employees on how to responsibly sell age-restricted products, which includes a scan process for I.D. and alerts the sales associate if someone who is under age is trying to buy these products. He continued that it also has "Operation Alert" which speaks to providing a safe shopping environment, and uses a time-access safe which controls the amount of cash in the store, thus making it less favorable and less desirable for any crime that might occur, such as burglary or robbery. He added that it also has a program called "Operation Chill" where they cooperate with local police departments and youth. Mr. Skinner stated that 7-Eleven franchisees are involved in community activities and offer local sports team sponsorships, holiday food drives, coat drives, Habitat for Humanity, and the Muscular Dystrophy Association; they have gone to Food Banks and helped sort food for less fortunate people, and have also done California Coast cleanups. He indicated that 7-Eleven is invested in California, in the Bay Area, and in Pleasanton. He added that its success is really based on establishments of partnerships with great, positive influences and business people like Mike and Diane Roesbery. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, August 27, 2014 Page 14 of 44