Appendix B - Letter from carwash designer.docx

28th October 2022
                                                                                        A.B.N. 811 428 67 114
                                                                 P. O. Box 3494, Mornington, Vic, 3931
Chief Executive Officer                                          Mob: 0416 114 573,
                                                                 Email: [email protected]
Noosa Council
PO Box 141,
Tewantin, QLD, 4566
ATTN: Patrick Murphy
Acting Manager Development Assessment


Cc:    Chris King, Joanne Hill and Shane Adamson

RE:    Development Application
       34 ELM STREET, COOROY, QLD 4563
       PROPOSED CAR WASH + TAKE AWAY FOOD & DRINK OUTLET
       Job No: 20-032 DA

Dear Patrick,

Before I write about the merits of the proposed Car Wash development as I see them; I’d like to
tell you about my history in the Car Wash Industry so that you can gain an
understanding/appreciation of the holistic approach that I put into every car wash site that I
design.

I started in the Car Wash industry back in 2004 when I designed my first Car Wash site in Airport
West in Victoria (a suburb in inner north-west Melbourne). Even though I had been in the
Structural/Civil Engineering and Town Planning Industry for 6 years by that stage I had never
designed a car wash before. I met with the owner of the company who was to supply all of the
Car Wash equipment for the site to learn about designing car washes- what to do and what not
to do. By the end of this project and after they had installed all of their equipment, they were so
impressed with how well it was designed and the quality of my documentation that they
approached me and asked if I would be interested in designing more car washes for their clients
if their clients did not have a designer already. Needless to say, that I jumped at the opportunity
and said YES!

As the years have progressed, my love and passion for designing some of the countries best car
wash sites has grown. I enjoy working on car wash projects all around Australia and in New
Zealand. I enjoy working with different Council’s in different States, getting to know their
different requirements, different climate conditions, different building techniques etc… I enjoy
this so much so that I started my own company back in 2010 that focusses on designing car
washes and have not looked back. Please refer to http://tmcdesign.com.au/ for more
information about my company and past projects.

As the years have passed, my experience in car wash design has grown whereby I now have
designed over 200 Car Wash sites around Australia and New Zealand. A few years ago, I was
talking with the President of the BDAV (Building Designers Association Victoria- now known as
Design Matters Australia) who was so impressed and intrigued with my line of work and the
various skills that I have, that she asked if I would like to feature in their quarterly “Intersect”
magazine, refer to https://news.bdav.org.au/interview-tracey-michaels/ for the article.

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