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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - September 17, 1990 Page - 12 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) On motion of Council Member Faria, seconded by Council Member Santos, with Council Member Corbett abstaining, the City Council approved the reallocation of $40,000 CDBG funding to Phase I work required by the Board of Appeals. e. Matter of CU-90-7; ARCO Station; 1156 Davis Street; Conditional Use; to Permit the Self-Serve Sale of Gasoline on a 24-Hour Basis; Esther Holcomb -- Appeal . The City Council returned to this matter. Gaye Quinn, Acting Director of the Building and Planning Department, said the matter before the City Council was an Appeal by ARCO. She said the property is zoned C-2, is in the Redevelopment Area, and would require an Owner Participation Agreement before the Redevelopment Agency. She said ARCO is proposing 24-hour service and this matter was heard and approved by the Board of Zoning Adjustments on July 19, 1990, and has been appealed by Esther Holcomb. She said the station is currently self-serve gasoline, with a tune-up shop and sale of snacks. She said the proposal was to serve gas only, on a 24-hour basis. She said there are a number of neighborhood problems and the Police Department felt that having the station open for 24 hours could stop some of the illicit activities on the site because there would be lights and people. She discussed the Conditions of Approval related to repair and extension of the masonry wall , landscaping, and signs. The Hearing was then opened to the public. Esther Holcomb, 694 Douglas Drive, the Appellant, said she had spoken to residents of all of the houses within an approximately 500-foot radius. She said most of them did not like the idea of a 24-hour gas station. She said A there are many neighborhood problems resulting from the 7-11 in the location. She spoke about the impact 24-hour service would have on the day-care operator adjacent to the station. She said people congregate at the 7-11 and when they must leave that property they then congregate at this gas station. She noted the many problems with the existing gas-station site, including litter and the location of the trash container. The City Council asked questions regarding statistics on crime in the area and crimes at other 24-hour stations. The Mayor noted that the existing gas station is now dirty, noisy, and a place for people to congregate. He said the problems appear to be with the existing operator of the station. He said it was his understanding that if the service station went to 24-hour service the existing franchisee would no longer wish to run the station and he felt this would be an improvement. Bill Rugg, Director of Development, said that since this property is in the Redevelopment Area, an Owner Participation Agreement would be required to go to 24-hour service and this would provide additional enforcement clout. ► He said that under the Owner Participation Agreement, 24-hour service would not be permitted to commence until other problems on the site had been taken care of. He indicated that if there is a change in tenants, then conditions can be imposed through an Owner Participation Agreement; but if no change in tenants is made, no conditions can be put upon the property.