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Mr. Dolan stated that he thinks this is one solution; however, his preference for changes is as staff has recommended that the general colors stay the same but of a lighter shade of each of those colors. He added that he thinks the dark color on the top would change the look. Commissioner Blank stated that he tends to agree but voiced concern that jumping to solutions so quickly before debating the merits of the proposal was premature. Chair Narum asked Mr. Abbott to comment on the idea of lightening all colors as recommended in the staff report. Mr. Abbott stated that as he had earlier mentioned and as indicated by Ms. Moore, the colors are fine and match the neighborhood. Chair Narum noted that she did not think she heard Ms. Moore say that. Mr. Abbott replied that he thinks he heard Ms. Moore say that the colors were beautiful and they were fine, but that there was too much nutmeg on the rear elevation. He indicated that he would definitely want to stay with this color scheme and was not sure what would be served by lightening the entire rear elevation to still a darker color than the café-au-lait, which would still end up with a darker, monochromatic elevation as there is no natural spot to break it up. Commissioner Blank asked Mr. Abbott if Chevron did due diligence on this building prior to its purchase, such as on all the PUD requirements. Mr. Abbott said yes. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. Commissioner Blank stated that in the time he has served on the Commission, he has never delayed a project, but he almost did that on this project tonight as he felt he did not have all the information he needed. He thanked staff for obtaining the Planning Commission Minutes, but he wished he also had the City Council Minutes. He noted, however, that in reading the Commission Minutes alone, he saw that there was astonishing agony and significant discussion about everything from trees to public art, to the car wash, to the paint colors, signs, pedestrian access, layout of buildings, landscaping, parking, green building measures and so many other things. He stated that Shell has a bright yellow corporate view for its livelihood and was requested and required by the City to mute it. He noted that the Minutes mentioned several times a Brad Hirst buildingwith the idea was to make this look like a neighborhood environment, and Shell showed the corporate wisdom to mute the colors and move off of their pallet. Commissioner Blank stated that he appreciates the enthusiasm of the applicant in terms of the pallet being fine, but in his view, losing the Bernal Corner sign does not work, and PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, August 10, 2011 Page 9 of 15