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. "•- is 42 feet to provide comfort and security for the customer. Mr. Tallon suggested that the poles be lowered to.26 feet. Mr. Newberry maintained that this would almost double the rnunber of poles in the lot; increase glare and spill over light and by lowering the luminescence of the light, as suggested by Nir. Tallon, there would be hot spots underneath poles, a terrible dispersion pattern and the glare would be sharper according to their engineering studies. Mr. Tallon disagreed and stated that perhaps they did not want to spend the money for it. rlr. Orlowski pointed out that they showed 17 light poles, with seven 4-ways, eight 2-ways, and two 3-ways and one of the 4-ways and four 2-ways are on the south parking area. However, at Great Northern strip shopping center, starting from the western most store to the very end, there are only 17 two larip posts, one 4 lamp post (between Finast and Tony Roma's) and two much lower, decorative 3 lamp poles in front of Tony Roma's and two of those 17 light poles actually light up a grassy area east of Tony Roma's and Society's drive thru, so basically they have 15 two lamp for the entire center; he concluded 1+hat the rnunber of light poles is excessive. He also noted that al1 of the 4-ways are placed along the front entrance drive to wash the entire front of the builciingo Mr. Newberry responded that the intent was to wash the front of the building, but agreed that the 4-way pole in the south parking lot could be moved to the edge and changed to a 2 way and directed out to the parking lot to screen the light for the neighbors. Mr. Tallon believed that the lighting was actually a sign so everyone could see the building for mi.les around. He still maintained that the parking lot could be safely lighted with 26 foot poles with proper luminescence; and with the proper fixtures, the glare will be eliminated for the residents. Mr. Gorris asked City Engineer Deichmann to present a copy of the traffic study and/or a synopsis of the it. Mr. Deichriann will have Mr. Griffith, the traffic engineer, write a report on it. Basically, they are in agreement with the traffic study and the general concept and as with any traffic study the consultants have followed the standard guidelines of the Institute of Transportation Engineers and there is always some fluctuation depending on local conditions. After the store is built, these numbers could vary somewhat, but their numbers seem to be reasonable. He believed that the one reason to have the second curb cut on Brookpark Road is to move some of the traffic ativay from the building and away from the handicapped parking so drive is a safety issue. Regarding the location of the main curb cut, Mr. Deichmann has not seen the journal entry and does not luiow the exact location. Mr. Gorris wondered if the entrance could be moved to the west with a turning lane and have a main aisle with parking on either side and a secondary aisle in front of the store, thus eliminating the second curb cut. Mr. Deichmann stated that the first curb cut was approved by O.D.O.T. in principle, but the permit was not issued because the fee was not paid. After the fee is paid the journal entry will define the exact location of the curb cut which will be determined by the Director oi O.D.O.T. He advised that, based on the traffic study, the Brookpark entrance will be the main entrance. Mr. Thor,ias asked for percentages of cars coming from I-480. Mr. Newberry believed that about 65% of cars would be coming from the north, east, and west and 35% from the south. He stated that the rnimber of cars coming into and out of the site would be about the same as those estimated for the Dover Lorain site since the figures were based on the size of that store after the expansion which is basically the same size as this facility. They believe that sales volume «ill be generated at this location faster than it would have at Dover and Lorain so they can build a higher volume store immediately. Mr. Thomas noted that 6,000 new trips would be generated from the north, west & south. Mr. Newberry clarified that there would be 13% of the traffic coming south on Great Northern; 10% coming south on Columbia; 7% coming east on Brookpark; and 21% coming west on Brookpark which totals 510. Six percent of the traffic would 6