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AFFIDAVIT OF DAVID M. HERNANDEZ: Observations of Fact at My Car Wash l, David M. Hernandez, swear that the information in this statement. is truthfulto the best of my knowledge and understanding. My name is David Hernandez. I am 38 years old and reside in south Minneapolis. I am married and am the father of 2 children. I started working in the car wash industry in 2003. I have been the owner of North Star Car Wash at 3801 Stinson Avenue in St. Anthony Village since May 1st, 2424. My car wash was built in 2000. There are two large multi-family rental properties on adioining property to the east. The one closest to me is an age-55+ rental building dating from 2015; the other building originated in 2005. Both have many units with balconies. I estimate that my business washes about 1000 vehicles per week during the winter months and 600 vehicles per week during the summer months, an annual average of 800 vehicles per week. I have been asked to state what I have observed at my car wash regarding noise and illegal activities. 1. Noise: A, Mechanieal noise: Mechanical noise from my car wash comes primarily from two sour@s: dryer fans located at the exit of the car wash tunnel, at the Stinson Avenue end of the building; and, secondarily, 3 vacuum stations. There are also, on average, 50-75 car wash customers per week who generate loud noise. I have observed three main sources of customer noise: loud vehicle sound systems, "loud mufflers," and verbal altercations between customers. B. Loud vehicle soundsystems: A certain number of my customers play music at an extremely loud volume on stereo systems equipped with powerfulsubwoofers. They generally do this throughout the time they are at my car wash (8-10 minutes for the average customer). The majority of this music includes obscene language. I estimate that in an average week, I have at least 30 of these customers. C. Loud exhaust systems ("Loud mufflqrs"): I also have some customers whose vehicles'exhaust systems are extremely loud ("loud mufflers"). ln my experience, these vehicles make roughly as much noise, when moving forward, as the loud subwoofer audio systems mentioned above. I would estimate that I also see an average of at least 30 of these vehicles per week at my car wash. D. Loud verbal altercations: Although I work hard to keep cars moving quickly through my car wash, customers can get frustrated with other customers they may perceive as delaying their forward progress in line. This sometimes leads to vefual attercations with loud yelling, often including obscene language. These occur about 2-3 times a week on average. They typically last between 30 seconds and 2 minutes. 236