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a Planned Unit Development (PUD) they would like the development plan to stop any kind of trespassing onto the church property. He also noted it is close to the same amount of parking being provided now, thinks it is too much development on what is a small site, asked for additional setback for the additional row of parking next to the building and more of a barrier. He said he needs to review the landscape barrier and suggested a more physical barrier. He cited maintenance vehicles that park up on the stalls next to the 7-Eleven building, which is close to the site. He concluded and said this is a prominent intersection and thinks all concerns can be addressed with a smaller sized development. Peter Hu, Pleasanton, said he visited the 7-Eleven at the Santa Rita Road location twice this week and there were three to four employees working in uniforms. He said multiple deliveries are made daily by delivery trucks along with UPS deliveries. There is also service vendor parking and three can be seen in Photo 17 of his letter. He thinks there is no credible support data for the 17 parking spaces, and he asked to consider the neighborhood. Santa Rita Road has easy access to the plaza so overflow is not an issue. The Hopyard Road 7-Eleven store is very different and he presented pictures of other convenience stores showing reasonable access, and asked that the Commission consider safety, noting their primary concern is the lack of parking spaces on the site. Dan Chen continued Mr. Hu's presentation and discussed the substantial maintenance of the church parking lot in regard to seal coating, striping and other associated repairs and cost which is increased due to use from other vehicles. He thinks the project is too much of an impact to neighbors and many things addressed here are included in their letter to the Commission. Ed Broome, Pleasanton, agreed this is a great project, said he has a retail background and thinks the home plate design adds a feature to the gateway of the City in the area that cannot be matched with a typical rectangular building. He did not see any other way the lot can be laid out to serve a practical purpose, did not feel that eliminating the loading zone to the south of the property was any benefit in any way and to have the pocket there for smaller trucks removes any chance of blocking circulation for customers. He compared this location to the Santa Rita Road and West Las Positas Boulevard site and said they do not have the merge lane which is the cause of many people not knowing what to do. He thinks this will create a bottleneck for those exiting the driveway and he did not think it solved anything by shortening the driveway opening. T.C. Sun, Church President since 2002, voiced concern about the existing habitual problem of those parking on the church lot as opposed to parking in the gas station parking lot. He asked that a real barrier be created to change this behavior to stop people from parking on the church property. Mr. Hirst was given the opportunity for a rebuttal, in which he thanked the church for pointing out problems that existed long before the church was there and they agree there is a delivery truck problem, which they have been working to find a solution that hasn't been easy. They want parking in their proposed location in order for the 24-foot trucks to park. They agreed to a setback and landscaping coming all the way to the street, but were not agreeable to a fence. He said people who worship in the church do park and walk through the area and they will continue to do this unless they cannot any longer. Police, post office, Amazon and FedEx Planning Commission Minutes Page 6 of 15 April 10, 2019