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HEMP: "Unless we need any more variances to cet .this service
<br /> ~ _. b.2 the
<br /> station o=f the ground, this may, hopefully,
<br /> !'ast time i'1! have to address you .on this s~ject.
<br /> This, in fact, is the second variance theft it has taken
<br /> to get this 'bastard child' ablest to get council's
<br /> housecleaning into the roles of the City here. !
<br /> refered to our last Council as the 'real estate' Council--
<br /> perhaps that's more justi=iab!y so khan most perople
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<br />HERLIHY: "I resent your remarks, sir. I voted on that issue on
<br /> that issue on the basis of "Citv-t.~ide" service - not
<br /> your service station."
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<br />HEre: "Mr. Herlih~, evidently you weren ' t even listening to
<br /> my statement. i was 'talking about the rece.qt past
<br /> Council. I made no specific reference to the present
<br /> Council what-so-ever.
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<br />HERLIHY: "Go ahead." '
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<br />HEMP: "i've ~een listening attentatively for the better'. part .
<br /> of four and one half hours, althouch, you obvicus!y
<br /> aren't interested in what I have to say, i would hope
<br /> that you would listen at least, as attentatively."
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<br /> "This service station is here against the reconLmendaticn
<br /> of your City Planning Staff, over the objections 'of the
<br /> people who live in the area and understandably,
<br /> use the service station.. There are veto/good economic
<br /> reasons why it should be .there, because in eve~, con-
<br /> ventional sense that's a beautiful place for a service
<br /> station. If Pleasanton is going to be a conventional
<br /> town for the nexL 5,10,15 or 20.years, this is exactly
<br /> how to do it. Now, this site, as I said, has gone on
<br /> and on -- this ~..,as 'greased' long aao. 1This was start-
<br /> ~!~;' the
<br /> in~ ~ettin~ 'areas~d' ;-~hc,~ ve se~ ..... i~sue on ti~e
<br /> Arco station on the Luc~'v propert-, Everybody ~..~ho has
<br /> been against it has kno~zn it has been '~rcased' and
<br /> I'm simply standing here acaj.n to remind ',you dudibly,
<br /> in any case, that some people still object. Even though,
<br /> myself, not v~ithstanding, son:e of th~se interests afro
<br /> "vested comn~ercial interests. But the site that we are
<br /> talking about tonite in its second variance is epicenter
<br /> wit/]in seven exiz. ting service stations properties on
<br /> that one stretch of tlopyard. And is still about 45%,
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<br /> agricultural, as I've pointed out before. Titsing, again
<br /> is my n:ajor concern for this -~;tation. I'm not going to
<br /> 'be put ou~ of nusiness b!x this station or by as many
<br /> =, t in spite of the
<br /> stations that you want to build. r,~,~
<br /> painted picEure, this is not of over~chelDi,ug benefit
<br /> to Pleasanton to have one more service station. on !Ion-
<br /> yard ?uad 4~ the city isn't ready .for it, ~ ~ e
<br /> sewer isn't feed7 for it and if it takes a half a doz-
<br /> en variances to get a poorll? p!~nned, poorly conceived
<br /> and motivated item like this through the City Council,
<br /> i think u~_ oucht be st .. un rc .
<br /> so-mob~ iv ~ to andinc ~ he reminding
<br /> you gentlemen. For whatever pressures that have caused
<br /> this to b~come part of the docket last year and have its
<br /> approval this year. Again, I in no way impinge upon
<br /> your reputation,/,Ir. Herlihy, ho,;,,' you voted. or anything
<br /> '~ else -- but i thin]< that is the message isn't clear by
<br /> now, the one thing that you see these same faces here
<br /> for acain and acain,' is to Put some 'teeth' in this
<br /> ~ idea that the people of this to~.rn do have scme vested
<br /> interest in what ~;ou do to it. D_nd if you really want
<br /> to go to the pOop!e, you're going to have to Go to the
<br /> people. And you may not like to listen to all of this
<br /> but in any case, we're here Lnd we are ~-,oing to be here
<br /> as long as somebody isn't listeninc. Thank yoU."
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<br /> 8. 7/17/72
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