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-2- 1Jens Beck of Beck Architects, 1118 .Sheridan -Avenue South, discussed the site plans 2for the project he had brought with him-that evening. He said the brick would be 3continued across- the front of the building, the south and west sides would be 4stuccoed, and the north side of the new addition would be painted "to look like the 5back of a house". The architect suggested the proposed addition "could be con- 6sidered to be only a cover for the existing parking spaces in that area". The "re- 7sidenti-al home appearance" for the station would be continued by positioning 8carriage -lamps around the east and southern sides of building and providing the 9same type of mansard roof for the rest of the building as is there now, Mr. 10 Beck said the addition would allow Mr. Bona to double his capacity to work on 1 1 cars inside the station and would relieve his mechanises from working on cars 12 outside, as they do now. 13 14 BruceHolton; 2505-27th Avenue N.E. , who said he represented Metro Investments, 15indicated he was a "friend and neighbor of Roger's"who essentially agreed with 16 Mr. Beck's suggestion that the addition involved only putting a roof over the cars 1 7which are parked _in the same area now". Mr. Holton commented further that "after 1 8 two remodeling jobs, the station doesn't look as good now as it would be after 19 the proposed renovation is completed" and, as. a neighbor, said he perceived 20 Mr. Bona's intention to replace 25 or 30 year old storage tanks on his property 21 "had to be a plus for the ecology". 22 2 3When Commissioner Madden asked whether an- investigation had been made to assure 24 the northeast corner of the building, where the stairs are now, could support a 25second floor, Mr. Beck said they had -not involved a structural engineer in the 26 planning up to that time but the proposal was only to add four feet above the • 2 7 area housing a mezzanine and short flight of stairs which already protrudes four 28 feet above the rest of the building. 29 30 Commissioner Hansen commented that he perceived the new structure would be very 31 attractive and usable but he was certain "more than putting a roof over a couple 32 of parking spots was involved". He agreed the addition would be removing the need 33for parking five or six cars outside but said he had noticed seven or eight cars 34 parked in that area when he drove by that evening, at least two of which, if 35 the addition were already up, would need to be parked off site, perhaps west of 36 the property in -the empty space behind the adjacent meat market building which 37 Mr. Bona also owns. When asked whether he intended to use that area for emergency 38 overflow parking, Mr. Bona stated that he certainly recognized that it would be his 39 responsibility to provide parking space for his customers whether it would be in 40 that area or some other location which he would make arrangements for. The 4 lstation owner said there had rarely been an occasion during the last five years 4 2 when any of h.is customers had been forced to park on the street and sales persons ' 4 3 who happened to park on 27th Avenue were immediately requested to move their 44 vehicles to the center parking area so as not to interfere with customer parking. 45 i 46-The applicant said he had met with hi's neighbors to discuss his new plans with 4 7 them before the meeting, which he indicated he assumed was the reason none of them 4 8 were present that evening. Mr. Bona said one of their main concerns had been the 49 hazards they perceived were created by having drivers and kids on bikes using the 50 area between the station and the meat market for a thoroughway. The only solution 5 the saw to this problem was for him to move the fence along 27th back about 10 feet ! • 5 2 where it wouldn't interfere with the drivers' vision . The station manager said 5 3he had told the neighbors that he agreed with them that his customers should not 54 park on 27th, especially since to have them -do so would interfere with his ability 55 to get customers in and out of his station as quickly as possible.