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Comrni ssi over Mi chel otti said that for the record., she thoa_aght t h e arc h i t e c t u r e w a s a d i s a s t e r a n d n o t a n a t t r a c t i v e e n t r a n c e t o the C i t y_ Henry H a t t on ~ 3 9 6 3 Fair 1 an d Drive said h e a l s o f e l t the S to e l l station o n F i m l i c o D r'i v a was ugly _ H e said that when t h e project first came a_ap he had attended a number c>f mr:.-^eti n95 in regard t o t h e s u b d i v i s i o n_ A t that time ., h e said they had bee n p r o rt>i s e d b y the B e v e l open they w opal d b e i n v i t e d t o view t h e final pl ari _ However- ~ they have not beer-> i nvi tad to attend another meeting _ He read some correspond en c a i n regard t o " M e e su r e X " and felt that "Measure X " had b ae n "watered " down c o n s i d e r a b 1 y_ H e w a s definitely opposed t o a n y 4~i n d o f f as t food or take-oa_at rest aa_a rant at the si to i n quas-ti on _ Hr= noted that McDonald ' s which i s across the street has created a si tu~ati ors somewhat like a trucFc stop.. He said even though theta i s a s i g n that says ri o t h i n g over ~ C> i n l e n g t h i s a l 1 o w e d~ t h a t big rig tr-uc4rs go there every day_ He said the police tell them to move., but someone else jt..ast taFxes their pl ace_ He was afraid i f ar~other fast food rest our ant or drive-thr oa_agh was al 1 owed that it woa_ald simply become another McDonalds_ -fom E3ear~ °+611 Camcl of Coa_art., said 1'iis property is adjacent tv the S h e l l station _ H e said from his f a m i l y room h e can sae t h e Sh e:l 7. station: he referred tc~ Condition =-~ that states: "TI-iat the retail building shall b e under construction prior t o oc.c up army armed cornmencament of the service st ati on op er at i on _ Chaff rman Lamer gar asF:ed Mr _ Swift to address that i ssa_ae _ He er:pl ai ned that at one time there was a c=ondi ti on that tl'~[= retai 7. bt-ti 1 di ng be compl et ad ., but as approved by "Mee sa_are X " ~ i t onl y has to be under c_on str-cacti on _ St off has notified Shel 1 and 1-aad a di sca_assi on this morning wi th Mr _ G'o>: and the owner of the b~ii lcii ng_ Hopef ~ally9 before the SI->ell station is complete and ready for occ~ap ancy ~ the ret ai 1 ba_ai 1 di ng wi 1 1 be under' c ar~structi on _ Di sc ussi on en sa_aed as to what "under con str-uct i on" actual 1 y meant _ M r_ Swift i r'>d i c a t e d t h e owner o f the r e t a i l b u i l d i n g i s trying to move ahead as ga_ai cFcly as possi bl e_ Rick Dob b s~ .~ 6 1 6 F or i s mo u t h C t_~ e:: p r e s s e d concern about projects that start 1 ooF~i ng 1 i F::e one thing ., but ending t_ap l o o k i n g l i k e something e l s e entirely _ H e wondered ho w i t c o u l d be ga_aar anteed that a project woa..ald end a_ap 1ook.i ng 1ik:e it had bean proposed _ H e wondered wh ether- the She 1 1 pro .i e c t a p p r o v a l was part of the staff 's rec ords_ Chairman L-verger said tl"iey ar'e def i r~i tel y part of the records: ur'af orta_an atel y, ihi s particular project went t o a ref e r en d t_am p r o c e s s which negated many o f t h e conditions _ Iri other words , i t went through tl'~ a "Measure X " process _ M I NIJTES F L A NN I N G C O M M I S S I O N MARCH ~8 ~ 1 99C> Fage 4