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pick-up area. He also expressed concern about the locating orange roll-up doors in the front of the building. Mr. Pavan suggested that the Commission discuss the architectural detail and recommend appropriate changes. 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 architectuural design was a tremendous improvement over the typical Home Depot store and that the letter from Home llepot pointed out the Corporation's reason for opening a second 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Regency Centers, stated that, as pointed out by staff, the service station was removed from the site plan and has been replaced by a Long's Drugs with adrive-through mainly for public convenience, particularly at night.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-4~rough pad was not planned to be a fastfood restaurant as mentioned in the staff report but would be a coffee establishment. Mr. Knoedler advised that he and his staff were working closely with representatives from the synagogue and that the landscape area on Nevada Court has been expanded to serve as a buffer between the store and the synagogue. He noted that they were also working closely with staff with respect to the traffic report and that the initial indication from their traffic engineer indicated that their proposed mitigation would improve the level-of-service at the intersection from F to D, which would be within the General Plan guidelines. He added that all access off of Nevada Court had been eliminated in order to prevent any conflict between tnicks or any kind of traffic and the synagogue. Finally, Mr. Knoedler stated that their architect will give a brief presentation on the architectural design and, together with the representative fi-om 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 from 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, Conmlissioner Fox inquired if this is being done because they are projecting that many of the customers will be coming from Livermore via Stanley Boulevard, considering that Stanley Boulevard goes only to Livermore. Mr. Knoedler replied that they expected customers to come from Livermore via Stanley Boulevard, which is a more direct route to the store than Vineyard Avenue. In response to Connnissioner Fox's inquiry regarding the percentage of customers who would be coming from Livermore, Mr. Knoedler replied that the information is not available at this time but would come with the traffic report. EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MIJETING MINUTES, May 24, 2006 Page 3 of ] 1