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Commissioner O'Connor inquired if those spaces would be reserved for customers. Ms. Stern replied that a condition can be added requiring the employee to park somewhere else. Commissioner O'Connor commented that that would probably work best because the other parking spaces are less desirable. Chair Blank noted that the gas station will be operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week. He pointed out that Condition No. 13 says that deliveries for the convenience store and service station shall take place between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., and a footnote on page 9 of the staff report says that there is an error in the applicant's statement which says that fuel deliveries occur twice a week at 6:00 a.m., and the applicant has since notified staff that fuel deliveries occur on an as- needed basis at any time. He indicated that he want to make sure that staff is satisfied that Condition No. 13 covers the delivery of gas as opposed to the delivery of other things, so that refueling trucks do not show up at 3:00 a.m. Ms. Stern replied that staff can make that explicit. Chair Blank stated that staff recommended denial the last time this item was before the Commission. He inquired if there was any sort of tipping point that swayed staff's decision. Mr. Dolan replied that there was not one thing but there were a lot of things. He noted that the neighborhood was clearly opposed to a 7- Eleven, and it is no longer a 7- Eleven. He added that the 24 hours was probably the biggest thing, and then some improvement to the circulation was also critical. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED. Terry Grayson, Applicant, stated that several questions were brought up that he would like to address, but he would like to go through a couple of things first. He stated that the last time they were before the Commission, there were concerns from the neighbors about the 24 hours, the alcohol, and the loitering, so they did go out and had the best possible outreach meeting which was well attended, given that the applicant put out 70 to 80 flyers. He indicated that they did not go out the 1,000 -foot radius but basically went out to the neighborhoods they thought were most impacted where there is no homeowners association (HOA) or had people who appeared at the December 12, 2012 hearing. He stated that with that, they eliminated the huge concern about the alcohol and the beer, although there was never a concern because, as Ms. Stern pointed out, the Pleasanton Municipal Codes does not allow them to allow that without going back to the Commission. He added that they also eliminated the 24 hours of operation for the store, agreeing pretty much to be open from 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., consistent with the rest of the area around and with many of the gas stations in the area. He indicated that they have also addressed some of the noise concerns which were brought up in the PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, March 27, 2013 Page 6 of 48