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Mr. Abbott stated that from his perspective, the rear elevation in problematic because there is very little articulation on it, unlike the Danville building which has an arch that pulls itself out and is repeated in the rear of the building such that there are natural places to break up the color. He indicated that what was proposed was based on the existing landscaping and that better planting would help provide mitigation. He added that he agreed with Ms. that the plants in those trellis frames will not do enough because the elevation is too low, there is a soundwall there, and most of these things can be seen only from the neighbor, pedestrian, and drive-through views. He noted that the problem is that they will not be able to do any planting of any kind of any substance under the ExtraMile/Jack in the Box panel up toward the top; and that is where they stopped and said that this is where switching between the café-au-lait and nutmeg colors would make sense. He added that they may probably be able to do something at the drive-through as there is a natural point to change color scheme there, but there is no other spot there to do so. asked Mr. Abbott if they would consider swapping the colors by putting the darker color in the top parapets and the lighter color below, carry it all around so that the horizontal boarding and the upper area in the front are done in the lighter color, and very little of the darker color on the sides. Mr. Abbott replied that on the west elevation, the towers are café-au-lait and the nutmeg is recessed. looks like the dark and light colors are about 50/50 on that elevation, but almost all dark on the sides and the back. Mr. Abbott explained that this is because there is no break above the entry and no natural place to break the color. He noted that if the concern now is too much nutmeg, the new concern would then be too much café-au-lait. noted that right now the majority of the building is lighter in color and suggested that the switch would lighten up the building as a whole. He added that when all four sides are added up, it would take it from a 70/30 split to a 30/70 split, which might relieve the concern of both the City and the neighbors while leaving Chevron with its own corporate pallet. Mr. Abbott stated that the south elevation would be all café-au-lait with just the nutmeg cutting through. Mr. Pavan stated that swapping the nutmeg and the café-au-lait would achieve the goal of the recommendation. He added that the nutmeg could be used as a trim, or what is now shown to be café-au-lait could be a cream or white, as previous suggested, and would be reflective of what was shown on the Danville building. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, August 10, 2011 Page 8 of 15