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Mr. Swift said the brick wall would not change. The logo for either station is the same size. Mr. Campbell referred to the many flowers and trees in the animation and asked if that would be part of the design and would it be maintained? Mr. Hirsch said that is the plan. This is a major gateway center and they want high visibility and lots of colors in landscaping. This is 25% landscaped and typical service stations have 15-17% of landscape. Blythe Wilson, RHL Design Group, 1340 Arnold Drive, Ste. 110, Martinez, reviewed the environmental aspects of the service station and environmental protections to be installed. He also reviewed the landscaping proposals for the site and the walkway to the residential area. Ms. Dennis asked if the station would sell gasoline with MTBE? Mr. Wilson said it would not. Mr. Hirsch then highlighted a few major points of design. Mayor Pico declared the public hearing open. Pat Costanza, 7901 Stoneridge Drive, Ste. 504, said when his company sold the property it wanted a company that would take pride that it is the entry to the area. He said his company has no financial interest in the project, but wanted to make certain it suited the desires of the City. He supported the uses and felt they were beneficial to the future residents of his company's homes and the apartments. The carwash is a water conservation issue for the apartment residents. A gas station is needed very much in this area and he assured Council that this use has been disclosed to the homebuyers of KB Homes and Greenbriar Homes. He asked for Council support of the project. Sue Flashberger, 4597 E1 Dorado Court, was excited that someone is finally going to fill the need for a gas station in that area of town. For years residents have had to go downtown or elsewhere on the 680 corridor to get gas. With another 500 residents, she could only imagine the congestion that would result without this gas station. She would like to see a Starbuck's at this location with a drive-through or a Jamba Juice as well as a good car wash. She did not think Pleasanton had a good car wash. Donald Lee, 1698 Whispering Oaks Way, was concerned about traffic. This is the entrance to the apartments as well as single-family homes. All these businesses will add traffic and he felt the traffic will back up onto Bernal and possibly to 680. He had not heard anyone address the traffic issues. Mayor Pico said the issue of traffic was extensively discussed in the planning stages of this project. There would be $10-15 million worth of traffic mitigations installed at the freeway and at the Valley/Bernal intersection. Pleasanton City Council 25 09/03/02 Minutes