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. t they are two separate lots. The fence that is suggested to be 6-feet tall is not 6-foot tall. He would like to see a 6-foot mound with a 6 or 8-foot fence atop the mound to buffer the south resident. He questioned the issue of drainage. Mr. Koeth stated that the applicants have to maintain any water on the lot by code. Mr. Sturgeon is concerned that the rear ditch will not handle any further draining as it overflows now. He believes that a pedestrian study should be conducted as well as a traffic study. Mrs. Smith again questioned if the site would be a restaurant, and questioned the size of the sign, as it will illuminate the interior of her home at night. She also felt that traffic would become a bigger problem. She felt that allowing a retail business on the site would only encourage more retail to the area. Mrs. Sturgeon voiced that the current traffic is bad now and this project will only worsen it. She recalled that the applicant indicated that they serve breakfast sandwiches at the Architectural Review Board meeting. She would like it clarified whether or not sandwiches will be made on the site or not and why it needs to be open 24-hours a day 7-days a week. She does not believe the applicant is being truthful. 1dlrs. Bowman voiced her concern of the troubled traffic and felt that allowing southbound traffic to enter the site would worsen the accident rate and traffic jam. Applicant's response: Mr. Dalpiaz stated that Togo's was not included in this location. Togo's does sale lunch sandwiches, meats and that type of thing. However, that concept is not taking place at this location. This is Dunkin Donuts and Baskin Robins only. 1VIr. Koeth questioned if it would remain Dunkin Donuts and Baskin Robins only and never include Togo's at this site. Mr. Dalpiaz indicated that the intention is to not have Togo's. To have all three they need thirty-three hundred square feet and this is two thousand square feet. He read allowed the letter submitted to Mr. Conway explaining what they serve. The products they do have are coffee, tea, bottled drinks, cappuccinos, espressos, hot chocolate, donuts, muffins, bagels, croissant, and various ice cream products. The services they provide are through the drive-through or counter only and is a retail type buying experience. The average ticket transaction is two minutes, drive-through traffic accounts for 40% of the transactions with an average ticket price of $2.30. 1VIr. Lasko indicated that he has seen national advertisements indicating that at any time of the day a breakfast croissant is available at Dunkin Donuts. Mr. Dalpiaz answered "absolutely", they have a breakfast croissant that has egg and sausage and both the egg and sausage are pre-cooked. There is a microwave that the pre-cooked items are heated for 1-minute. There is nothing in the building that requires anything mixed, there is no frying, proofing per say, everything is brought in fresh. There are certain items like the egg and sausage that are held then prepared for retail when ordered. He believed that it was easier to say what they do not do. There are no food products that require on site mixing, or combining ingredients, there is no on site proofing, no on site fryers, no hot meals on a plate, no soup in a bowl, no made to order products. The services that they do not provide are no waitresses, no hostesses, no printed menus, no reservations, no tipping, no grills, no fryers, no pots, pans, no overhead hoods, and not considered a dinning room experience. They are considered a convenient stop. They will look at landscaping taking into consideration of the neighbors to the south, and across the street as recommended by Planning Commission to help the light bleed over. This site will allow eight thousand square feet and they are coming in at a quarter of that, for less intensity. Councilwoman at large Kasler did not feel the applicant answered the question regarding the 7-foot or larger sandwich bar shown in the first plans. She again questioned if there would be a 7-foot sandwich bar at this location if there are no sandwiches served or any intent of serving them in the future. If it has been removed from the site the question is answered, but if it is still in the plans then she would like the question answered. Mr. Dalpiaz suggested that the area is what they call out as a sandwich station, is actually just that, people call their croissant with the eggs and bacon, in the costumer's eyes is a sandwich. There are two units of refrigeration for the products that it takes to assemble that and a counter top area and above that is a toaster oven to heat up the bagels to put cream cheese on them and the microwave. What happens is the employee assembles the pre- 12