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Kevin Shinmann stated that he is a market manager with 7- Eleven and oversees 89 stores in its East Bay market, which includes the Pleasanton area as well as Mr. Roesbery's store in Antioch. He indicated that he is present tonight to speak on behalf of Mr. Roesbery as an operator. He stated that someone can go into any 7- Eleven and get the same Slurpee, but the difference in the operation of each 7- Eleven is the operator. He noted that Mr. Roesbery, as an operator, has made the investment in people and time and has subscribed to the standards that 7- Eleven would like to see in its stores. He indicated that 7- Eleven is not a one - person operation; two people are really needed to keep the store clean. He added that Mr. Roesbery's food safety standards meet the expectations of 7- Eleven's fresh food program; he employs people within the community and models and mirrors his community. He concluded that 7- Eleven is an international brand, but it is the operator that makes it a community store, and that is what Mr. Roesbery does. Dennis Staley stated that he has worked for 7- Eleven for 22 years in a lot of different positions, including market manager, fresh food merchandiser, and training on the West Coast for five years. He indicated that he is currently a Senior Real Estate representative and has worked with Mr. Roesbery on his previous store in Antioch and on this site since 2011. He stated that the gas station service bay business is a dying business model and even though the Mr. Roesbery ran a car care business for 15 years that was Diamond Certified, and even though his business acumen is stellar and his reputation is excellent, he could not make that business work anymore because the car business has changed so much. He noted that the business needs a computer technician or an electrical engineer, and service stations with the bay set up cannot afford the training for these technicians and the equipment to work on these cars. He further noted that over the past two years, multiple service bay gas station type environments have been converted to 7- Elevens stores and have been quite successful and profitable. He indicated that this is what Mr. Roesbery is trying to do as his revenue stream and profit margins have gone away and they have had to close the bank and the car care business. He added that Mr. Roesbery wants to open a beautiful 7- Eleven store on that site and be the best neighborhood store in that part of the community. Jay Sarang stated that he is a 7- Eleven franchisee and has been in the business for about 12 years, operating four stores, two 2 of them locally in Dublin and in Livermore. He indicated that he has been involved with 7- Eleven for actually quite longer than that as his father has been a franchisee for a long time as well. He stated that things have changed with this company, and they have all been working hard to change the image which I so often hear about, with a state -of -the art delivery system, fresh sandwiches, donuts, and milk made and delivered every day. He added that the company has constantly invested in infrastructure development inside the store, installing camera systems for security, and a great training program related to alcohol sales, tobacco sales, and loitering, and community involvement. He stated that corporate and some franchisees got together recently during the Mt. Diablo fire and delivered dozens and dozens of cases of water and supplies to firefighters at Camp Parks, among other things. He indicated that this community would benefit from having a 7- Eleven store rather than some other store. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, August 27, 2014 Page 15 of 44