around the bar close, like, maybe midnight to 2:00 a.m. I didn't really notice that that
helped, you know. It's nice to see that, but then, you know, after that, that parking lot will
fill up. And even -- and it doesn't matter what night of the week it is. And will all the --
the increase in college students downtown, I feel it's -- it really worsened once that -- a lot
of those students, those luxury student housing, I felt like that gas station got a lot
busier. There was a lot more people there at 1:00 -- you know, with bar close, so --
MS. PLACIER: So have you seen anything in this plan that would -- that would
improve any of those problems?
MS. BRYAN: Other than it becoming more of an updated, professional
establishment, that might be able to retain employees that are -- that if they're going to
put this amount of money into it, maybe they want it to be a little more upscale than what
it is right now. I don't see a whole lot of reason to think it's going to be better, but I don't
know, because I've seen really nice gas stations and I've been in bigger cities, in Kansas
City, et cetera, where there's, you know, QuikTrip is kind of like a nice -- nicer gas
station. But they're not -- they usually aren't facing, like, a neighborhood. They're -- you
know, they're facing more -- and this was big thing. It's, like, can it face more towards
College altogether, you know? Why does it have to face directly towards us? There's no
blockage of sound. Can we landscape, like, that whole side really thick, you know.
Make it where it's not such a walkway that people want to go around and not walk right
through the neighborhood, you know, by the school, et cetera. So I don't -- I don't know if
I've seen anything that will make it better, but I -- I have hope -- optimism.
MS. LOE: Additional questions for this speaker? Thank you.
MS. BRYAN: Okay. You're welcome.
MS. LOE: Any additional speakers?
MR. SALIERNO: My name is Paul Salierno; I live at 1312 Hinkson Avenue. I'm two
doors down from Lizzy. I just painted my house purple, bought it April last year. So I
have the same concerns as Lizzy had just said. A couple of additional things is with the
people loitering and everything, trash just comes right down our hill, and the dumpster
there, our yards are full of trash from this store constantly, which is really an
inconvenience. The lighting, as it is right now, as we talked, it would be great, you know.
From our house, we're downhill, so when I look out my windows, I'm looking at
spaceship, basically, right now. This store is always dirty. You can go there tonight,
and it is -- it's filthy everywhere. I -- I -- I see other places who power wash their place
quite often. This -- I've never -- I don't think one time I've seen this place power washed or
taken care of. The employees are in and out. There's new employees there all the time.
This is across the street from me. I do visit it and see the condition. The pictures of the
new place look -- look great. I really wish we could see pictures of what this place looks
like now and how it's taken care of. Is that going to be the future of this gas station, to be