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and on Saturday 184 southbound vehicles turned left on Mill and on Friday 38 turned right and 33 turned left onto North Park. Mrs. Herbster did not see anyone taking a survey on Friday or.Saturday. She asked Mr. Newberry not to call her husband names as he did at last meeting. Mr. Herbster advised that he has organizeii neighbors into a.group called V.I.S.I.O.N. (Voices to Insure Safety In Our Neighborhoods) and have passed out almost 3800 flyers to resielents. He cautioned lawyers from Sherwin Williams that Mr. Newberry had previously made statements which he retracted later. The city should make an impartial traffic survey, since this traffic consultant has worked for the city and for Wal-Mart there is a conflict of interest. Mr. 5oko1 presented a copy of a letter and sketch (see attached) that he sent to the E.P.A advising that, when he was a child, there was an out flow pipe in the woods adjacent to the Sherwin Williams plant which discharged chemical waste from the plant tmder the fence and into the lot imediately to the west of the building, beyond the fence perimeter of the plant. He was advised by E.P.A. that tho-re is a monitoring well on the site, but this was being discharged off the site, possibly about 50 feet away from the proposed main entry of Wa1=Maxt. He noted that if Wal-Mart buys this property they will assuming the legal responsibility of the property and any possible law suits that might ensue. Mr. Keperly, a teacher, was concerned about safety of school children who have to walk to school through these intersections, and was also concerned about the height of the building since Olmsted Plaza is about 12 feet higher than his residential pr.operty. Mr. Hoelter s,rould like complete plans presented to the neighbors including tlie elevations as the Oldsmobile Dealership did previously. He believed that storm water should be pumped, the building should not be raised because in the event of an tmusual storm, water would flow over pover Center Road; and is concerno-d about using vegetation for a buffer. Mr. Lima advised that the Elyria Wa1=LKa.rt is only 22 minutes from his house on Porter, this is an ideal locatYOn, bounded by highways without residences near by. He is concerned that many residents of North Olmsted do not lmow that Wal-Mart is proposed, and would like more publicity. The city should make Shercwin Williams aware that residents do not want this store in a residential area and. they could be hurting themselves by selling this property to Wal-Ma,rt. He would prefer they go in a less heavily populated area..Mr. Pesta, resident and business owner, quoted an article in the Westlife which stated that when representatives of Wa1=Mart were asked what would lia.ppen to other businesses in North Olmsted, they responded that most of those businesses were marginal anyway. Regarding some of the statements made by Mr. Newberry, Mr.. Griswold questioned if the city did not have a right to deliberate as long as was needed and over as many issues as was necessary before aecepting these plans. Mr. Newberry responded that the city could take every opportunity they wished to deliberate the issues. Mr. Richlick objected to the gray block building, and advised that he visited the new.Brooklyn store and noted that the North Olmsted store is between two Wal-Martse The proposecl Middleburg Heights store was turned down because it was not neeeled, North Olmsted does not need this onee Mr. Gudin stated that North Olmsted has become a retail getto, resideii-ts move away and only come back to shop. He suggested that residents tell the owners of MeDonald's ancl Sherwin Williams that they will not patronize them if they cooperate with Wal-Mart. Mr. Payne, owner of McDonald's, stated that the reason he agreed to a land swap was that the proposed main drive would make his exit unusable, and since he was sure Wal-Mart will go through, and if he did not work with them, they would have a two lane drive wllich would be worse for the city. Mr. Richlick suggested the residents should stonewall or filibuster until it is comrmun-i cated to the developers that this is the wrong site. Mrs. Buechler urged the Commission to get final plans with the issues worked out before the proposal gets passed onto the Architectural Review Board so the city will still have negotiating power. She questioned if a slope drainage plan and an environmental study had been submitted to the city. 6