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~ Chairman Hovingh noted for the record that letters were handed ou Bellina's Pizzeria, Tongs Chinese Food, Teddy Bear Express, Alb Bergan's Interiors, and the Downtown Association. from Chris Beratlis, 's Cantina, Michael Commissioner Mahern said she has really had to struggle with this pplication as she feels the organization has done much good for the community. However she noted that the City has gone through an exhaustive process in trying to bring vitality a certain image to the downtown area. She was not sure that Hope Hospice fit that image She is supportive of the application, but felt the conditions need to be tightened to alleviate e concerns expressed. She further encouraged the businesses to monitor the situation and ntact the City should those conditions not be met for a conditional use permit. She also as concern that drop-offs will be made even though Hope Hospice does not allow it. On the ther hand, she pointed out to the merchants that other types of businesses might be worse an the proposed one. She felt they might not know who the landlord may lease the build' g to. She encouraged Hope Hospice to expand their hours and make them compatible wi existing businesses. She would support the application, but with certain restrictions. Commissioner Wright agreed with Commissioner Mahern's comme ts. He would extend the hours and also noted that Hope Hospice could bring in a good amou t of foot traffic to the other stores. In reference to comments that Hope Hospice was not p-scale enough, he did not think that something like the video store was up-scale. He woul support the application with restrictions. Commissioner McGuirk stated he has not completely bought into th "up-scale image" for downtown. He felt they need stores like Hope Hospice to provide a fordable merchandise that is of high quality. However, he was still concerned about the h th and safety of downtown and was concerned that should drop-offs be made, even ough Hope Hospice does not allow it, that someone might start a fire in them. He sugg sted that an off-site be used for drop-offs. He felt that Hope Hospice would not have enou h control over the drop- off situation. Chairman Hovingh agreed with the rest of the Commission. Even ough he is concerned with drop-offs, he would not want to tighten the conditions so much that Hope Hospice would be put out of business at the first minor infraction. He felt it ould simply not be in their control if someone decided to leave something at midnight. Discussion ensued as to how a condition might be worded to solve e drop-off problem. A motion was made by Cornrni,,~ioner Mahern, seconded by Co . ioner Wright making the conditional use rmdings and approving Case UP-93-1 , subject to the conditions listed in Exhibit "B", with the following modifications: o Modify Condition 4 to say that hours of operation 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Additional subject to the approval of the Planning Director; a Planning Commission Minules April 14, 1993 Page 9 all be 10:00 a.m. to ours may be added d