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Commissioner Brown added, for the record, that he had asked a question of Adam Weinstein privately which was "does the landscaping around the proposed lot help alleviate any of the lighting for Stoneridge?" The response received was that it helps contain the spread of the light beyond the parking lot area. Mr. Weinstein clarified that the landscaping is pretty ineffectual in staffs opinion due to the fact it is very young and fairly scarce. He went on to explain that there are mitigation measures in the EIR that was adopted for the Specific Plan which mandate specific light candle levels that lighting has to achieve to prevent a large amount of spillover or glare onto the project sites surroundings. Commissioner Brown asked staff to confirm that the applicant proposal had a 36 candle level and staff was going to work with them to drop it down to 30 which is in the existing PUD, and that after hours the lighting would be diminished down to 10. Ms. Hagen confirmed Commissioner Brown's statement and explained how part of the mitigation is outside of normal business hours.; Commissioner Ritter asked if lighting for, CarMax is measured in lumens and if Chrysler's lighting is higher as proposed. Ms. Hagen replied that all dealerships are under the same mitigation monitoring and that the proposal before the Commission,has a 36 candle level light but that staff was working with the applicant to reduce it to 30 as stated in the existing PUD. Commissioner O'Connor asked if Code Enforcement had responded to any of the complaints regarding the lighting at Chrysler. Ms. Hagen said Planning had reviewed the lighting levels on the plans but that Code Enforcement had not measured the actual level of lighting. She reassured the Commission that Code Enforcement could take a field reading. Commissioner Allen asked if the parking lot on Lot 2 in the original plan was intended to be used also for dealership 1, the Chrysler dealership at that time. Ms. Hagen explained how the earlier plan was conceptual, so there wasn't a narrative describing the intended operations. Commissioner Allen asked staff to comment if there are some areas of the dealership that are unsightly or not well-maintained, as described in the public correspondence received. Ms. Hagen stated that staff went to the site and observed that the trees are very young and there is not any groundcover. There was no trash, vacant cars, or anything like that, but it is just a vacant dirt lot and not necessarily attractive. Vice Chair Nagler asked staff to confirm that when Stoneridge Creek, the senior living facility, was conceived, the plan was already in place for the subject property to be auto dealerships. DRAFT EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, June 28, 2017 Page 3 of 10