Agenda - 02-16-2021; 8-a - Minutes

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22 1 Stan Beard said yes. 2 Commissioner Greene recalled a similar road shift at Whitfield Road and 86. She said 3 she would like Ben Johnston Road to be a full access interchange, and asked if the Applicant is 4 open to this being a condition. 5 Beth Trahos said yes, it is the Applicant's intention to do so. 6 Commissioner Fowler asked if more information could be provided on water usage, as 7 the graph in packet is hard to read. 8 Stan Beard said the estimated water usage has been provided from day one, based on 9 operating data from current similarly sized projects. He said this has never been an issue to the 10 Planning Department. He said he has plenty of data to share that will show the water usage 11 has been the same since day one. 12 Kelsey Hall, engineer with Applicant, shared a graph with water usage estimates, which 13 is in the BOCC packet. She reviewed the contents of the graphs. She said the car wash has 14 been removed from the project. She said average daily water use is about 20,000 gallons a day 15 for Buc-ee's, with increased use for Phase 2 development. She said total average daily 16 demand is 45,000 in Phase two, plus 20,000 gallons in Phase 1. 17 Commissioner Fowler asked if the current Buc-ee's site is a standard site or an efficient 18 site. 19 Kelsey Hall said Buc-ee's uses low flow fixtures, and, is thus, an efficient site. 20 Commissioner Fowler asked if confirmation of how the data was collected could be 21 provided. She asked if all three sites that were reviewed were of a similar size. 22 Kelsey Hall said yes. She said fixtures for phase 2 are assumptions, based on typical 23 uses of light industrial or a restaurant. 24 Kelsey Hall said the water usage graphs all show the same information,just in a variety 25 of ways. She said assumptions were made for phase 2 because there is no real data. She said 26 actual flows were taken from the EPA website. 27 Commissioner Fowler clarified that the total usage at full build-out if 65,000 gallons and 28 sewage is 54. 29 Kelsey Hall said yes. 30 Commissioner McKee referred to wages and working conditions at Buc-ee's, and asked 31 if the Applicant could respond to these concerns. 32 Stan Beard said Buc-ee's will employ around 200 full time people per year, and part-time 33 positions are not included in that number. He said the starting wage is $15/hour minimum, 34 which includes 3 weeks paid time off, which can be paid out, used at time off or rolled over to 35 another year. He said the health benefits are a standard package with health, dental, and eye 36 after 60 days of employment. He said there is also a 401 k and life insurance. He said full time 37 employees are the bulk of business, but one can request to be part-time if so desired. 38 Commissioner McKee asked about claims of abusive employment practices, such as 5- 39 minute breaks and employees having to work overtime for 10-12 days. 40 Stan Beard said these claims come from reviews online. He said Buc-ee's employs 41 4000 people, on whom the company relies, as they are the face of Buc-ee's. He said a shift is 8 42 hours, with a few breaks per shift, up to 10 minutes. He said it is not an easy job, but 43 employees are paid for all 8 hours of the shift. He said there is a lunch made on site, and 44 employees are asked to eat lunch, and then hustle back to work. He said a required 45-minute 45 lunch would be unpaid, and the desire is for employees to be paid. 46 Commissioner McKee said he understands this will be hard work, and is not an easy job. 47 He said he appreciated the clarifications. 48 Chair Price asked if there could be clarification offered about the impact of fuel tanks on 49 the watershed, Hillsborough's water supply and on those people who use wells. She said she 50 understands the technology is modern, but asked if an earthquake were to happen, would there 51 be an impact on the water supply.