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PlanningBoard | 2007-04-23 | 8 | 9-B. Initial Study IS05-0001; Planned Development Amendment PDA05-0001; Major Design Review DR05-0010; Use Permits UP06-0003, UP06-0010, UP06- 012 and UP06-0013; - Applicant: Safeway, Inc. 2234 Otis Drive (adjacent Alameda Towne Centre) (DG). The applicant requests approval of Planned Development Amendment, Major Design Review and Use Permits allowing the demolition of an existing bank building and redevelopment of the property with a gas station. The project includes three covered pump islands, each containing three pumps, for a total of eighteen pumping stations. Fuel will be stored in three 20,0000 gallon underground storage tanks. In addition to the approximately 7,500 square-foot canopy covering the gasoline pumping facilities, the project includes an approximately 625 square-foot building, housing the cashier's desk, restrooms and retail sales of convenience items. The applicant is proposing twenty-four hour operations and the sale of beer and wine. An Initial Study / Mitigated Negative Declaration has been prepared for this project. Mitigation measures have been identified that will reduce potentially significant impacts to a less than significant level. The site is located within a Central Business District with Planned Development overlay Zoning District (C-2-PD). Mr. Garrison presented the staff report, and recommended approval of this application. The public hearing was opened. Mr. Todd Paradise, applicant, Safeway, noted that there were several Safeway fuel centers in the Bay Area, including Dublin, Livermore and Morgan Hill. He added that the fuel centers were owned and operated by Safeway, and that they were a vital part of the program, adding convenience to the grocery operations. He described the background of the site plan, and displayed a presentation of the proposed project. He noted that following a community workshop in early March, they dropped the request for alcohol sales. Mr. Chris Furcoe, noted that his company had worked on many hundreds of gas stations across the nations. He summarized the technological advances featured by the proposed gas station, and noted that California was on the leading edge of regulatory reform. He stated that the proposed station would be state of the art, and added that the tanks and piping would feature double-walled fiberglass. The gas station would meet the most stringent earthquake standard (Category 5 earthquake standard). The air quality would be aided by a Stage 2 vapor recovery system. Ms. Debbie Cartegener, land use attorney, Cassidy, Shimko, Dawson & Kawakami, confirmed the applicant's understanding regarding condition of approval #8, regarding the monitoring of the driveways for five years. She understood that Safeway would provide the funding as necessary for that, and the actual monitoring would be performed by the City. She noted that a gas station project normally did not take two years to complete, and that the applicant was concerned about moving forward as quickly as possible. She noted that there was no guarantee that the Target application would be heard in two months, and requested that the Board consider this project at this time. Planning Board Minutes Page 8 April 23, 2007 | PlanningBoard/2007-04-23.pdf |