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.r? create a noise probleri with trucks pulling out of a recessed area.- This revised plan now shows the drive on Country Club moved east about 36-38 feet over to allow trucks to enter the drive and then back into the dock and return back to Country Club to get to I-480. He maintained that there would be 8 to 10 Wal-Mart trucks a day, and any noise would also be muffled by the mounded landscaping. Wal-Mart's parking lot lights have been designed to focus on the parking lot and not spill over onto the neighboring properties; the poles in the front of the building are 460 to 480 feet from the residents; those in the south parking lot are closer, but will be fixed with cut off shields to keep the light away from the neighbors. Returning to the landscaping, wherever possible, 52 to 8 feet high mounds will be installed around the entire perimeter of the site, except for the curb cuts; the normal amount of trees will be doubled, a double row of pines will be installed on the east property line; intensive landscaping will be installed in the truck dock area, as well as between this development and the Corporate Center. Since they are asking for a front setback variance, they intend to install 42 foot mounds landscaped with hedges, shade, flowering and pine trees, shrubs and flowering shrubs in the area between the edge of their parking or buildirg line and the the existing pavement. He estimated that this area would be 6 to 8 feet higher than the existing grade coming across the swale and into the property. He estimated for Mr. Orlowski that the mound would be about 6 foot higher than the pavement on Brookpark and the site is about 2 or 3 feet above Brookpark. He also maintained that this site is better than the previous site because of the proximity to 4 lane roads on three sides of the site, with ample right of way to provide additional turning lanes and traffic will not have to use residential streets. This property, with the intended improvements, will cost considerably more than the previous site, but the developers believe that this is a location for the city. Mr. Thomas asked how much more this will cost, percentage wise. Mr. Bingham responded that it would be increments of several tens of hundreds of thousands of dollars more. Mr. Orlowski questioned the need for the second access on Brookpark Road and believed that traffic would back up at the light. He further stated that a traffic light should be considered at the Country Club access to the property. He felt that the access beside Chester's would create gridlock for traffic on Great Northern Boulevard and make it difficult for the residents of the Westbury to access their building. He thought the city might ha,ve to consider installing a light at Country Club and Columbia Road, as well as turning lanes at Columbia and Brookpark Roads. He wondered what Wal-A1art's contribution to these costs would be. He further stated that there was far too much signage on the building and believed it was redundant. He did not agree that a variance wa.s necessary since the building could be relocated back to the Country Cl-ub portion of the lot which would mean the truck dock, the garden center and T.B.O could be relocated to the east side of the building. He would like to know if the residents would prefer to look at the store or a sea of asphalt. In reference to the mounding by the trash compactor, Mr. Newberry advised that this mounding would be about 5 feet high in that area. AZr. Orlowski would like more specific information on the landscape plan that would show all the mounding, and exactly where the trees were and he suggested that there should be more conifer trees. He noted that the majority of the landscaping was along the south property lines and would like to see more on the east and west. He repeated that he would like the building relocated to the Country Club side to give the residents more protection and believed that the overhead doors should face Country Club Boulevard. Mr. Newberry responded that the right tUrn only drive, in the opinion of the traffic engineer and Wal-Mart, would take traffic heading east on Brookpark away from the main entrance and would avoid traffic stacking up at the traffic signal at the main entrance. The traffic impact study 3 .