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PUBLIC HEARING APPEAL 254 AND APPEAL 258 - (Continued) Mr. Richard Volpert, O'Melveny & Myers, was present representing the J. C0 Penney Company, owners of The Treasury department store to be erected on this site. He stated that they were appealing the relocation of the gas sales area from the corner site at Bristol and Sunflower to a location on Sunflower approximately 600 feet west of Bristol because of traffic on Bristol which is five times more than on Sunflower. He stated that is not a complete service station; it is for gas sales only, and a service of this kind is best located at a corner which does not require a left-hand turn. Two photographs of existing service stations of the same type, and a model of the proposed gasoline sales facility, were presented to the Council for consideration. Mr. Volpert recognized that the City requires sidewalks in connection with construction of this kind; however, it is anticipated that there will be little or no pedestrian traffic to the shopping~ center, and they would prefer to landscape the area. The developer would landscape an area 13 feet wide around the development. Mr. Martin Miller, 1301 Avenue of the Americas, New York City, Traffic Engineer for J.C. Penney Company, stated that a second break in the median directly in front of The Treasury department store is necessary in order to handle the flow of traffic that is expected; also that an internal bnffer at the entrance distributing traffic either to the left or the right is necessary. This will provide an outer ring of traffic and will avoid conflict between pedestrians and vehicles directly in front of the store. Mr. Jan Vail, Robert Ewing & Associates, 4440 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, appealing the requirement that the developer pay for the cost of the installation of a traffic control signal light at the location of the existing median on Bristol Street, requested that any developer on the east side of the street should pay a share of the cost. Mr. J. B. Deasy, Vice President, Winmar Company, and Mro James Brewer, V~inmar Company, spoke in favor of the additional median break on Bristol Street. Mr. Ted Adsit, Costa Mesa, spoke in opposition to locating the gasoline sales facility on the corner of the intersection. It was his belief that entrances to the sales facility too close to the intersection would impede the flow of traffic on both Bristol Street and Sunflower Avenue. RECESS A. M., with all members present, At 1:30 A. Mo, a five minute recess was declared, The Council reconvened at 1:40 PUBLIC HEARING ' ' ' APPEAL Z54 AND APPEAL 258 - (Continued) No one else desired to speak, and the Mayor declared the hearing closed, CITY COUNCIL -30- January 18, 1971