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Keith Henderson, applicant, stated that he did not have a lot to add to Ms. Bonn's presentation as she covered all the changes that had been made to the plans. He indicated that he would instead present an update about CarMax, pointing out that at the end of its fiscal year in February, CarMax had sold 500,000 cars the past year through its retail operations and had $12.5 billion in revenue. He noted that CarMax currently has 133 stores in 66 different markets across the country. He added that CarMax Foundation has donated over $20 million since 2003 to local charities in each one of its markets, and last year alone, it donated about $4.6 million, the highest since its inception in 2013. Amanda Steinle, Center Point Integrated Systems, stated that in addition to Ms. Bonn's presentation, she would like to talk about the changes CarMax has made in response to the Commission's February Work Session. With respect to the noise from the carwash and service building, Ms. Steinle clarified that the carwash is at the end of the Final Quality Control (FQC) building and explained that the way the circulation works there is that vehicles enter through the south and exit through the north, which means that the door that is opening most frequently is actually projecting the noise to the north rather than toward the Continuing Life Community (CLC) property. She noted that this was intentionally planned that way from the start to mitigate any potential noise impacts to the residential area. She indicated that the western - facing fagade of the service building is the quietest side of all the service building operations. She stated that to mitigate noise impacts further, the blower from the service building, which is the noise generator, is located indoors. She added that the service doors are not metal doors that crinkle up and make noise, but are fabric rubber material that are substantially quieter than the typical garage door. Ms. Steinle then addressed the concern about lighting along the freeway and the adjacent properties, explaining that the lighting is downward cast. She noted that they have technology that allows the reflection of the light to point inwards such that there is no concern about light pollution on the freeway. She added that on the western side, the light poles are 14 feet tall and are fully shielded so the light bulbs are not visible. Ms. Steinle stated that Ms. Bonn addressed the landscaping issue to soften the appearance of the service building with the vertical green vines. She then showed a slide on the west- facing fagade and stated that in discussion with CLC, the paint booth equipment mounted to the ground on the exterior will be screened completely with high quality material and painted to match the service building. Ms. Steinle then presented several renderings of views from the CLC property, showing their interpretation of what the CLC architecture will look like based on elevations CLC had given them. She added that they also had taken it upon themselves to do some views from CLC's third -story balcony, showing the proposed storage units and a 15 -foot tall berm with a ten -foot high wall on top. She noted that CarMax had worked with CLC early on to shift the CarMax property line to give CLC 70 feet on which to build something to screen their uses from each other. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, April 9, 2014 Page 4 of 9