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• Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - November 18, 1991 Page - 14 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) nine tractors and twelve trailers, and that is the same number they have now. They do not see any additional expansion. She said she had checked the records for Sundays for the past four weeks and felt only one truck left at 6:30 in the morning each day. She said it seemed to her that even if Best were in compliance with the requirements Mr. Norry and others in the area still wanted them out of the area completely. She said their drivers have been instructed to be quiet. She said she did not see how Mr. Norry could be awakened by truck noises because he was constantly at the terminal during those hours. She said Ruan had been harassed into leaving the site, even though they were operating in compliance with the requirements. In response to a question from Council Member Perry, Ms. Rodgers said truck trips have not increased, but the hours have changed. In response to a question from Council Member Corbett, she said their tractors are identified as being Best, the trailers are identified as BMI , the parent company, and the tankers have a Coca-Cola logo. William Carrish, representing San Leandrans for Reasonable Growth and Shoreline Property Owners Association of Neptune Drive, said those organizations are opposed to the Appeal . He said Mrs. Jones lives behind Williams Drive, not directly on it, and one of her tenants who lives on Williams Street has opposed the Appeal . He said one of the violations was the number of trailers on the premises. He said there were up to 10-12 per day, although the Agreement says only one may be on the site. He said the people who testified for Best are interested in making money. He said he understands that if this Appeal is denied it limits who Mr. Kerry can rent his property to, but he said approval of this Appeal would be to the advantage of property owners. He said Best, Ruan, and Mr. Kerry knew they could not live up to the terms of the Agreement when they signed it, and they are flaunting their legal non-conforming use. Glenn Hilton, Best Manor Homeowners Assoc. , Inc. , 687 Pershing Drive, said he does not live in the area but feels these violations should not be permitted and Best should meet the conditions of the letter of the Agreement. He said he does not understand how they have gotten away with the violations so long. Mr. Kerry said, at the time they signed the Agreement, they felt they could meet the requirements. He said he objected to people saying what he was thinking at the time he signed it. He said the Ruan employees were subject to harassment by the neighbors. He said this is a City Council decision and should not be up to the homeowners' association.