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Page 2 Mr. James Glockzin, 1581 Rice Creek Road, manager of the Jiffy Market for the past 8 years, said he will now own the new Speedy Market for which he felt the gas dispensing operation will be necessary to increase his revenues enough to pay off the costs of the new building. He estimated these revenues will have to be increased by $3,000.00 a week and felt the new building itself would only bring in $1,000.00 per week. A petition signed by 32 neighbors protesting the gas dispensing aspects of the proposal was then presented by Mr. Otto and read by the Chairman. Reasons for opposition as cited in the petition included the possibility of a fire accident, increase of traffic on an already congested corner and the hazards to children and older people who will have to cross the gas pump area to reach the market. Mr. Otto also expressed his personal concerns about a gas dispensing operation next door, methods of trash disposal and street parking and snow removal which might block his driveway. He also questioned the ability of one attendant to handle both the sales of gas and groceries and still make certain that gas customers turned off their engines and did not smoke while filling their gas tanks. He also felt the sparks from souped up exhaust systems of many young drivers who would use the gas pumps provided a potential for an explosion. Mr. Claypool invited all present to check insurance underwriters statistics to verify his contention that fires are almost non existant at gas stations and said he had never had a fire at any of his 1,000 stations. Mr. John A. Bednarz, 3246 Stinson and Mr. Duane Fisher, 3329 Stinson Boulevard questioned the need for another gas station in that area where there are four such facilities within a few blocks distance. They wondered what market studies had indicated such a need. Mr. Bed- narz was concerned with the traffic tangle which would result if Mr. Glockzin should engage in a gas war with the cut rate station at 37th Avenue N.E. Mr. Fisher complained as did Mr. Otto about the debris from the present Jiffy Market which accumulates on his lawn. He also asked the Board whether an environmental impact study of the proposal had been made. Mr. Johnson said this had not been the normal practice where a proposed usage complies with the zoning of the property. Mr. Bednarz and Mr. Fisher were both concerned that the gas dispensing operation might change the environment of the neighborhood which is now a single family residential neighborhood. Mr. Fisher asked if the City had considered whether they would want another gas station at that corner twenty years from now. Mr. Bednarz wondered if another gas operation at that corner might not increase the number of robberies in the area. Mr. John Sroga who operates the union 76 on Kenzie Terrace wondered if the gas operation would prove to be that much of an economical. asset since his own gas allocations had been cut in half. Mr. Joe Sroga who has the Standard Station at 3201 Stinson Boulevard Presented the National Fire Code regulations which he said he felt required more than one attendant to handle both gas and market operations.