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-3- 1 own personal philosophy was that the Kenzie Terrace area should be upgraded to ----.2—the extent it matched as closely as possible with a smaller center, the shopping 3 center at 50th and France. He admitted the nature of a service station was 4 not too conducive to an aesthetic appearance, but, Mr. Bona said, he wanted to 5 have the two buildings he now owns brought up as close as possible to the 6 standards being developed further down the street at the Kenzington and its 7 support buildings next door to the meat market. The station owner said he 8 planned to add carriage lighting to his buildings which would eliminate the need 9 for the light pole on Kenzie Terrace, which would be taken down. Mr. Dave Hanson - 10 said the curb would be taken out of that same area and the new addition would 11 be sited so the garage doors would be visible from either 27th Avenue or 12 Kenzie Terrace. 13 14 Parking problems on that corner now would be alleviated by the station utilizing 15 the space behind the meat market for parking once the snow piled there now 16 melts in the spring, and he intended to do nothing to obstruct the traffic 17 flow between the two buildings, although he might post the entrances to prevent 18 it from being used as a thoroughfare; Mr. Bona said. 19 20 The Commissioners were told Johnson Meats had a ten year lease on their building, 21 and, because they had become so well established in the community, Mr. Bona 22 perceived there was very little probability they would be vacating the premises. 23 However, the nature of their business had changed and the Johnson's no longer 24 operated a wholesale meat business from that location which eliminated the truck 25 traffic which had been a source of annoyance to John Jadinak across the street, 26 the only person who had expressed any concern about the request. Mr. Bona said jj$0j�,_X2.7 he had talked to Mr. Jadinak and straightened out a misconception that it was '2-8 station cars which were parked along 27th Avenue because the only vehicle the 29 station had parked there had been a truck which they were no longer doing. 30 Mr. Dave Hanson added that the five or so cars parked in that area every day have 31 no connection whatsoever with the station and he knows one of them belongs to 32 a person who takes the bus from that area. He also assured the Commissioners 33 the station would not be servicing or parking on site or street any large trucks 34 or recreational vehicles . 35 36 There was a long discussion of perceived traffic flow problems between the meat 37 market and the station which might be increased with the new addition. In spite of 38 assurances from the applicants, and the expression of Commission enthusiasm for the 39 aesthetic improvements planned for that corner, Mr. Bona and Mr. Dave Hanson were 40 told that, without a specific parking and traffic flow plan before them, it was i 41 difficult for the Commissioners to be certain that they wouldn't be aggravating the 42 parking and traffic flow problems perceived at times between the buildings by 43 permitting the expansion of the station building in that area. i 44 45 Mr. Bona indicated he could understand the Commission concerns and said it would 46 cause hi* no problem at all to have a decision delayed until after Mr. Dave Hanson 47 had drawn up, with the help of City staff, a sketch of the spaces available for 4 8 parking on the two properties as well as the dimensions of the space between the 49 two buildings to demonstrate that the traffic flow in that area would not be impeded 50 by the new- addition. 51 r _ 52 The hearing was closed at 8:37 P.M. i 53 54 Motion by Commissioner Bowerman and seconded by Commissioner Madden to continue 55 to the next- Commission meeting the Commission consideration of the Bona petition