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a heavy rain. Mr. Dubelko again advised.Mr. Piar that if the residents were considering an initiative petition or a referendtnn petition they should retain private legal counsel. Mr. Gorris advised him thaL the Commission was advised that the E.P.A. had passed upon the Sherwin Williams property. Mr: Deichmarm was not aware of any documents presented to t-he city, the E.P.A. would have that information. Mr. Gorris statEd that according to Mr. Sokol, there could be problems off the site and that information has been sent to the E.P.A. Mr. Thomas advised that the Commission was going to request additional information from the E.R.A. ba.sed on Mr. Sokol's information. In response to the above coirIInents, Mr. Newberry advised that he wouTd work with Engineering on the drainage plana Regarding the envirorunental issues, he has seen the copies of the final closure plan and other docunents relating to the closure of the Sherwin Williams landfill or contamination that was supposeilly left after the building had been removed. Mr. Sokol's revelations were news to him and probably to Sherwin Williams and E.P.A. will follow up vn them. He was not aware of any damage done to the Cross Roads detention svstem. Mr. Gorri.s called for a recess. After the meeting reswned, Mr. Thomas stated that since there was no turther discussion trom the commission, the members would like to do one of two things with the consent of Mr. Newberry and Mr. Bingham, considering tYiat the revised plans were presented at 8:00 p.m. this evening, the members would like to table this Until the meeting in September and ask that speeifie items be elaborated on at that time; or the commission could vote on thYS proposal as submitted tonight without the infornation that will be requested. He noted that there are only 4 members present and it takes 4 votes to approve ondisapprove a proposal. (Mr. Orlowski ha.d left the meeting). Mro Bingham stated that without lmowing what information was needed it would be hard to make a decision. He questioned if these were matters that could be addressed subject to the information being reviewed by the proper jurisdictional body at some point in the future. Mr. Thomas doubted that the proposal would be approved this evening without this information since it would be absolutely essential to have it before any determination could be rode. Chairman Gorris clarified that if the commission does not act an a plan within 60 days, it is assuned by Council tha.t it has been approved. Mr. Thoma.s outlined some of the information needed: grade elevation and drainage; traffic counts submitted which the commission would like correlated with past traffic impact studies done in that location; a review of the changes submitted to the existing approved plans of both McDonald's and Rally's regarding the access drives; the commission would like to deterinine the validity of the waste deposit allegation on the western site that was made this evening; a lighting plan should also be submitted for review. Ttiese are only a few of the issues that the Commission would need to complete their review. Mr. Gorris advised that they would be asked to return to the September 28th meeting.. Mr. Bingham would prefer the next available meeting after September-28th, or a special meeting in September. Since some of the mmbers are missing and it would be difficult to set up a speeial meeting, it was decided this wauld be heard on October 12th and the residents Rere advised that there would be no further notice. Mr. Newberry agreed stating that this would give them time to do some environmental work before returning. J. Thomas moved to table the Wa1-Mart proposal Until October 12th with the following requests. The submittal of a preliminary grading and drainage plan including the retention basin for the Wal-Mart site which will include at least one alternate plan to the proposed increase in the grade of the site and that alternate pl'an should address the issue of a pump station for the storm water, and that alternate plan should also set the buiiding no higher than the mean grade of the right of way of Mill Road and Lorain Road, both plans will ha,ve a cross section profile showing the anticipatcd height of the building and floor elevation in relati.on to the right of wa.y liries and existing structures along all 4 sides of the property including the mound. The commission would like to review the 8