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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes January 20, 2004 Page 3 1 stated that the petitioner has commented that there are eight parking positions at the islands and 2 that Staff has explained to them that those spaces would not count towards the required 10 3 parking spaces. He provided the Commission with an overview of the City Code requirements 4 adding that the conditional use pen-nit is also required and has been filed by the petitioner for the 5 gas station use in the commercial zoning district. 6 7 Mr. Momson stated that at the December concept review the Planning Commissioners viewed 8 the proposed plan and offered comments noting that the Commissioners were concerned the site 9 would be too dense with adding the proposed pumps. He mentioned that the Commissioners felt 10 circulation to the site would be difficult and reducing the number of parking spaces is moving in 11 the wrong direction. He stated that the petitioner has not submitted revised plans since the 12 December concept review. 13 14 Mr. Mornson stated that notices were sent to the Lillian Newspaper adding that he was notified 15 today that the notice was not published. He indicated that the public did receive individual 16 notification and that they copy Paul Ostrow to clarify the appropriateness of holding the meeting 17 tonight because the notice was not published in the local newspaper. 18 19 Bruce Madsen, Griffin Contracting provided the Commission with an overview of the proposed 20 plans. He reviewed the layout with the Commission noting the current parking area would be 21 eliminated due to traffic flow. He indicated that they would maintain the left side of the lot for 22 the parking area. He stated that the fuel stations are now equipped with the `pay at the pump' 23 functionality and reviewed with the Commission. 24 25 Chair Stromgren asked if the drawing is based on scale. He asked for further clarification of the 26 distance of the parking area from the station and street locations. Mr. Madsen confirmed that the 27 drawing is to scale and reviewed the parking area locations with the Commission. 28 29 Commissioner Hoska mentioned that Vice Chair Hanson had suggested placing the two islands 30 closer to the station noting the cost would be an additional$35,000.00. 31 32 Ron Hanson, 3220 Melden Drive, stated that he has been a neighbor near the store for 34 years 33 and that he is present to speak against this proposal. He mentioned that he had the viewed the 34 Planning Commission meeting and preliminary review and expressed his agreement with the 35 issues and problems that were discussed. He stated that there is a real traffic problem at this 36 intersection and reviewed with the Commission. He referenced the five parking spaces and 37 reviewed his concerns regarding the lack of space with the Commission. He reviewed the off 38 street parking options with the Commission noting that this causes a huge issue during the early 39 morning rush hour and expressed concerns regarding the safety in this area. 40 41 Mr. Hanson mentioned that he did not hear any questions or concerns regarding delivery vehicles 42 stating that with the lack of parking available the delivery vehicles would contribute even further 43 to the congestion in the area. He stated that the traffic flow is a real problem in this area and 44 suggested doing a traffic study to determine whether this would be a safe environment or not. 45