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i with the residents. Mr. Kevin Mohan, a 25 year resident of Country Club, explained that he is a Realtor who has sold many units in the area. He advised that the reconstruction of Country Club Boulevard has helped in the resale of the u.nits. He stated that there is a strong concern that this proposal would create the same situation that is now behind Handy Andy and Plaza North which limits the resale of units backing up to Plaza North and noted that residents wanted to preserve their investment. There is great concern that there will be more heavy trucks on the service road which is already badly shattered. Mrs. Griffith, a resident who lives close to Handy Andy's, explained that there is a frequent problem with trucks sitting behind Plaza North with their motors and lights nmning for several hours in the middle of the night. She, too, is concerned that there will be the same problems behind Plaza South, and questioned why there could not be some screening possibly a privacy fence behind Plaza North as well as Plaza South. She agreed that it was impossible to sell these u.nits. She believed that Biskind should do something about these long standing problems. Mrs. Griffith was advised to call the Building Department, and she stated that her neighbor called the police, but people still were awakened. W. Benson, a resident , was concerned that customers would pick up items in the rear creating even more traffic. He was advised that all customer pick ups would be through the front door. He doubted that since other stores have pick up in the back and there is little room in front, and questioned if the city would allow it. Mr. Benson also questioned where the rubbish pickup would be since they will be removing the existing du.mpsters. Mr. Papandreas explained that they will be removing all the durnp sites that service the displaced tenants. These dumpsters will be moved north to the screened area behind Plaza North where the security and storage areas are now. He aLso showed the residents where the additional parking spaces would be located. Mr. Peters, who lives behind Plaza South, complained about the cru.mbling streets behind the shopping center and explained that trucks going through the chuck holes shake their house, the sidewalks have chuck holes, the B.F.I. trucks unload dumpsters at 7:45 a.m., and stated that they cannot call the police every day. . He maintained that this store will create more dumpsters, more trucks, and believed that the design and colors of this shopping center had been an embarrassment and the laughing stock of the area. Mr. King, a resident behind Handy Andy's, stated that any noise in the north area where they are relocating the docks, echoes back into the condominiums. With the situation that is back there, it is ixnpossible to keep the dust out of the units. He inaintained that Handy Andy is the main problem and he and his wife have been complaining for 3 years about trucks being back there night and day, but nothing is being done to prevent it. It took them three years to get Handy Andy to shut off their public address system. He maintained that this will be another headache, and he would like a solid wall like the one installed on I-480. He also noted that he had been u.nable to sell his condominium He then complained about what had been done in the past by both the condominium board and the Planning Commission during the land swap which enabled the developers to build Plaza South. He stated that the residents were not going to put up with more of this just so someone could make money. Mr. Gorris objected to his statements about what had happened in the.past. Mr. Miller stated that he previously lived behind Kainan's Plaza a.nd he had had some of the same problems, but he had seen what this Commission has done to help the residents. Ms. Whitworth, objected to the same issues that the other residents had mentioned and she, too, had been unable to sell her unit. Since business rarely stay in this plaza for over a year, why should they add this project. Mrs. King, who lives behind Handy Andy's, and stated that the resentment against this proposal is the result of the problems that they have had with Handy Andy which the city has not settled. She too mentioned the truck problems and stated that they call the Police constantly, but very little is done. She wondered why Mr. Biskind allowed a lumber yard with an entrance in the back which customers can use as early as 8:00 a.m 3