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drivers have the highest safety record in the entire industry in the nation; and <br />they believe that they bring more into the city than they ask for. He again <br />stated that they will work with the city regarding more traffic lights and <br />improving the roads. Mr. Newberry advised that their driveways are designed so <br />that trucks can exit without going into the opposite lane and everything on their <br />site is curbed, and the problems on Mill and Dover Center Road must be discussed. <br />Mr. Gorris again stated that the biggest concern of the Commission and the <br />residents is their traffic must use residential streets to get to this facility. <br />Mr. Bingham responded that one of the reasons they chose this site is because it <br />is zoned retail. Mr. Thomas advised him that this parcel will be proposed for <br />rezoning to office in the master plan whether they build there or not. He also <br />asked if the mound and landscaping tha.t is at their Elyria location was installed <br />by Wal-Mart. Mr. Newberry responded that the developer ha,d requested it, but they <br />have not spotted mounding on this location a&-yet. Mrs. Herbster asked if a count <br />of the accidents at Mill, Porter, and North Park could be obtained for the <br />traffic study and if the truck exit on T1i11 would be right turn only or would <br />trucks be allowed to turn left to use Porter which is restricted from truck <br />traffic. Mr. Pappoto, owner of Suburban Auto Body, also complained about the <br />traffic congestion on Mill Road and is concerned that this traffic will hinder <br />moving his customers cars out of his property. Mr. Bingham did not believe it <br />would be possible to relocate the truck docks to the south side of the building <br />so the trucks could exit onto Lorain Road as suggested by Mr. Orlowski. Mr. <br />Thoma.s suggested constructing one of the smaller buildings. Mr. Meadows, Porter <br />Road, suggested that trucks could turn around and exit onto Lorain Road. Mr. <br />Bingham responded that might be possible if the city would reduce the landscaping <br />requirements. Mr. Holter would like the truck dock relocated to take the trucks <br />away from the residential areas and the nursing home. Mr. Payne, McDonalds, <br />objecting to these suggestions on the basis that the people presenting the plans <br />were the experts and lmew what they needed. Mr. Bruton, a.resident, objected to <br />the having the building whether it was designed by experts or not. Mr. Thomas <br />believed the 50 foot requirement from the truck dock to the residential property <br />was not sufficient. Mr. Drenken, owner of a strip center, suggested abandoning <br />Mill Road as a through street. Mr. Rooney, who also owns a business on Dover <br />Center, was advised tha,t Wal-Mart did not own the property as yet. Mr. Bohlman, <br />Service Director, asked several questions and was advised that they had stated <br />that their problems with the E.P.A. were being taken care of, that the developers <br />had offered to talk with the city about the intersection of Mill Road and Dover <br />Centere He believed that they should have presented plans for Mill, Dover Center, <br />and Lorain with their building plans. He stated that putting that many cars at <br />these intersections was ridiculous. There were no more coments from the <br />audience, so Chairman Gorris called a 10 minutes recess. When the meeting <br />reconvened and since there were no more questions, Mr. Gorris asked for <br />recommendations on the proposal. Mr. Thomas moved that concerning the Wal-Mart <br />Store, 27254 Lorain Road, the Commission requests: 1) That a traffic impact <br />analysis be prepared by a professional traffic engineer, hired or approved by the <br />city with the cost paid for by Wal-Ma.rt; this study should consider the need to <br />widen any adjacent streets to accommodate any expected increase in traffic, as <br />well as to consider the need for any traffic control devices such as stop and <br />yield signs, traffic signals, etc., to provide for the orderly circulation of <br />vehicular and pedestrian traffic in and around the-site; the traffic study should <br />also try to anticipate the extent of stacking on or near the entrances to the <br />development as well as within the sites for the vehicles which will be entering <br />or exiting from Wal-Mart onto adjacent public streets. 2) Also to be included in <br />the motion and to propose to the developer, that all entrances or exits other <br />than those required by the city safety forces be eliminated on Mill Road and <br />4