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pick-up area. He also expressed concern about the locating orange roll-up doors in the ii'ont of the building. Mr. Pavan suggested that the Commission discuss the architectural detail and recommend appropriate ehanges. He added that there is some flexibility with respect to the orange color of the roll-up door and that the Home Depot representative could address that. Commissioner Olson noted that the architeetural design was a tremendous improvement over the typical Home Depot store and that the letter fi'Oll1 Home Depot pointed out the Corporation's reason for opening a seeond store in Pleasanton. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED. Pete Knoedler, Regency Centers, stated that, as pointed out by staff, the service station was removed from the site plan and has been replaced by a Long's Drugs with a drive-through mainly for public eonvenience, particularly at night. He noted that the drive-through would have minimal traffic, a maximum of four to six cars per hour. He clarified that the drive-through pad was not planned to be a fastfood restaurant as mentioned in the staff rcport but would be a eoffee establishment. Mr. Knoedler advised that he and his staff were working closely with reprcsentatives ti'om the synagogue and that the landscape area on Nevada Court has been cxpanded to serve as a buffer bctween the store and the synagogue. He noted that thcy were also working closely with staff with respect to the traffic report and that the initial indication ii-om their traffic engineer indicated that their proposed mitigation would improve the level-of-service at the intersection hom F to D, which would be within the General Plan guidelines. He added that all acccss off of Nevada Court had been climinated in order to prcvent any contlict between trucks or any kind oftraftic and the synagoguc. Finally, Mr. Knoedler stated that their architect will give a brief presentation on the architectural design and, together with the representative from Home Depot, would answer any questions the Commission might have. Chairperson Arkin indicated that he would like to include a condition that would prevent the drive-through ti-om being a fast food restaurant. Mr. Knoedler stated that he was open to that suggestion. With respect to the proposal to widen Stanley Boulevard to ten lanes, Commissioner Fox inquired if this is being done because they are projecting that many of the customers will be coming ti-om Livermore via Stanley Boulevard, considering that Stanley Boulevard goes only to Livermore. Mr. Knoedler replied that they expected customers to come ii'om Livermorc via Stanley Boulevard, which is a more direct route to the store than Vineyard A venue. In response to Commissioner Fox's inquiry regarding the percentage of customers who would be eoming from Livermore, Mr. Knoedler replied that the information is not available at this time but would come with the traffic report. EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES, May 24,2006 Page 3 of II