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concerned that the particular location for the proposed shop, which s a prime spot on Main Street, is not the type of business the Downtown Association would favor for the image business people are trying to attract. Other concems were: As the' workers are all employees, who will keep the place clean? How do they handle dr p-off donations before and after hours? He expressed concern that even signs saying "No rop-offs" would be ignored as they are at St. Vincent de Paul further down on Main S eel. In regard to a need for extra storage, he felt their merchandise must not be moving fast enough to need more storage space. Chairman Hovingh asked Mr. Takens if it is primarily the Main Str t location the Association is opposed to. Mr. Takens agreed it is really the Main treet location, and the concern about drop-offs and whether they would get scattered aroun town if people decide to leave things after hours. Commissioner Wright questioned Mr. Takens as to whether he thou ht Hope Hospice would be detrimental to other downtown businesses. Mr. Takens thought i was mainly the issue of drop-offs on Main Street and was concerned that it would make that location look like St. Vincent de Paul. That is certainly not the image businessmen want n the downtown area, particularly with the revitalization effort going on. Alexis Gass, 350-A Main Street, Clover Creek Shop adjacent to the roposed location, said she realized the good Hope Hospice has done in Pleasanton; howev ,this would be the second thrift store on Main Street with St. Vincent de Paul being on the other end of town. She felt that even though Hope Hospice indicated they received a g deal on the rental, there were other locations that would serve their purpose: one bein in Hopyard Village on Valley Avenue, and the other was the vacant Bank of Pleasanton on block off Main Street. Brian Dutchover, 5579 San Antonio Street, supported Ms. Gass' co ments. He, too, did not think Hope Hospice would be harmonious with the revitalization ffort presently going on downtown. His office is in a second floor building and as a landsca architect is rather unaffected; however, he did not think that hours of 10:00 a.m. to 4: p.m. would be conducive to increasing business downtown, which is what the Dow town Association is trying to do. They are looking for businesses that stay open past 5: p.m. and on weekends. He also felt that a side street would be preferred to a M n Street location. Dorothea Barlett, 77 W. Angela Street, stated that even though she i in full support of Hope Hospice as an organization, she is not in favor of the shop being nex to her art gallery. When she was at her previous location, she felt the continual movin of the next door tenants affected her. Her primary concern was with the 10 a.m.-4 p.m. hou s and did not think those hours are conducive to shopping. Her second concern was wi drop-offs and was afraid that would be an unsightly problem as it is at St. Vincent de P ul. She noted that the back door to the building under discussion is every tenant's back doo. Many people use that as a main entrance. She suggested that if the application is app oved, that a second site be used for drop-offs and for sorting of merchandise. She also had ncerns about window displays and noted that some of the Hope Hospice displays had items that were not clean. She noted that she has art receptions in the evenings and that it is im rtant that the adjacent Planning Commission Minutes April 14, 1993 Page 5