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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 />