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Excerpt from the Board of Zoning Adjustments Meeting Minutes June 7, 2007 Minute No. 2007-11 Page 60f8 served more than just the customers at that location. Get the fence down and get the doors open. "We need this store." Johanne Dicter, 1166 Glen Drive, agreed with staff that this kind of store was not appropriate for the city. The Grocery Outlet was garish, it was ugly, and it would not fit in with the surrounding Spanish architecture. She believed that the Transit study should be completed. The downtown was "finally looking decent, again." She feared the Grocery Outlet would distract from "the cute and quaint" Pelton Center. She stated that her business was international cargo loss and damage. She dealt with goods that had poor transit times, did not have refrigeration and were purchased by salvagers who, in turn, were sold to these types of stores. She was concerned about inferior products being sold to low-income women with children. John Teixeira, 265 West Broadmoor Boulevard, believed that more than 10 percent of Grocery Outlet's customers would come from out of town. Traffic was difficult at the present time, and it would get worse if this business came into this location. Lou Filipovich, 15376 Laverne Drive, had the following comments: the Assistant City Attorney was to be complimented for her participation during this meeting; Del Monte Corporation had three major canneries in the city; General Motors and Ford Motor Company were in difficult financial situations; Red Mountain had gotten "the worst runaround;" redevelopment was the reason that nothing had occupied that property; redevelopment would play a part in housing, but would not be involved with a grocery store; city residents were contributing to redevelopment through their taxes without understanding the process; and the TOD would not exist without potential redevelopment. This appellant should be allowed to open this business at this location, because this was positive development. Mr. Moore closed by stating that he was proud to work with Grocery Outlet. He addressed the comments made: . He had worked at the now closed Lucky's, he knew the grocery business and had lived in the Bay Area all his life. . He left Lucky's to work for Grocery Outlet 18 years ago. . Del Monte, Quaker, Kraft, et aI, would not do business with Grocery Outlet under a contract basis if their products were handled as had been described by one speaker. Grocery Outlet did not sell those kinds of items. . Their high-tech warehouse in Sacramento received goods in the morning, were pulled in the afternoon and were delivered to the stores that evening. . He gave examples of the company repackaging various manufacturers' overruns, such as a winery and local olive oil. . This company serviced the community and serviced the vendor. . Many local sports and schools were supported by Grocery Outlets. Zoning Enforcement Official (ZED) William Schock stated that he interpreted the Zoning Code according to how it correlated with the common use of the English language. The decision to be made was if this appellant was a neighborhood grocery store or if it was a supermarket. The decision did not involve market share, geography, how far the store would reach or not reach, how much they paid for their stock, whether he would choose to shop there or how clean the store was. Was it a neighborhood/specialty item