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7.A. - Page 397 Mr. Lyon noted the table is on Page 30 of the Staff Report. Commissioner Borgens asked if, in the comparison sites, the neighborhoods were preexisting or if they grew up around the Costcos. She noted that in Daly or South City the neighborhood grew up around the Costco. Ms. Hennum replied that she didn't know. Commissioner Bondonno asked about the queuing data. He asked if exhibit A is the current existing conditions. Ms. Hennum replied yes. Commissioner Bondonno asked if Exhibit B is what she expects to see with the expansion to 20 fuel stations and the resulting decrease in queuing. Ms. Hennum replied yes and stated that this is a conservative estimate of what is expected. Commissioner Bondonno asked if Exhibit C is what would happen with the 20 pump configuration and no reduction in queuing. He asked if it the expansion would accommodate the queue currently seen at 12 pumps. Ms. Hennum replied yes and stated that with the site plan as proposed today's queue can be accommodated in that gas station area. Commissioner Bondonno asked if Exhibit D is a hypothetical 16 pump configuration and asked why it is there. Ms. Hennum stated that she thought it was asked for. She stated out of the list of 25 sites, the worst case scenario was chosen to represent what might happen in Redwood City. She stated taking from the 16 position stations, the average is represented in Exhibit D. Commissioner Bondonno stated Exhibit D is potentially representative of other 16 pump facilities but does not necessarily correlate with current or expected demand in Redwood City. Ms. Hennum stated that it does not correlate with current conditions. She stated it could represent queuing if the demand does not increase. She noted Costco members who avoided getting gas during peak hours might now do so because the queues would be shorter. Commissioner Bondonno noted table 2 on page 34. He noted that the least amount of queuing happens at the 16 pump configuration and asked why that is. Ms. Hennum stated that the numbers used for the column representing 16-pump gas stations are based on a wide range of data, whereas the numbers for the 20-pump gas station are from the worst-case scenario, a single warehouse. She noted that if she were to take an average of all 20-pump gas stations, the numbers would actually be less than what Redwood City generates currently with 12 pumps. Page 5 of 21