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if this creek was designed for open retention. Mrs. Hammer believed that this was a creek before Country Club Boule•vard was built, but the na,tural drainage pattern was changed with the construction of the road. She believed that the Wal-Ma,rt construction wi]1 aggravate the existing problem-. In response to several points, Mr. Deichmann advised that sidewalks an Great Northern are a part of the city's traffic signalization program, and will even be installed on the limited access portion of Great Northern which O.D.O.T. and the federal highway officials agreed to, consequently, he does not believe that there will be a problem with sidewalks being installed on Brookpark Road right of way. Provisions will be made for a pedestrian crossing at Great Northern Boulevard. Mr. Newberry explained that 42 feet of mounding will screen the headlights from view from across Brookpark Road, arid they will plant a mixture of evergreens, flowering trees and hedges on the mound and along, with plantings in front of the building facade to break up the view frcan the north. He does not have an actual count of the trees on the east, but the intent was to provide a relatively solid buffer (at full growth) of blue spruce, white and Austrian pi.nes. The drainage ditch is on the condominiLUn property ea.st of their property line, and he ha.s noted that it is slow moving, and was originally intended to drain the area between the fields that were there. He does not lmow why it is so slo-Ya, but it does run to Brookpark where this is an inlet. The drainage ditch on their site only serves this property since the Corporate Center was built and thi_s actually created the wetland on the site. The compactor will be enclosed with ,a wall on the east and north side with a shed roof on top, it will be open on the south side where the bin is located. He was pleased to hear that O.D.O.T. might allow sidewalks on Brookpark, because during his conversation he was led to believe that this might not be possible. Mrs. Schuler asked if, since the ditch was on their side, did it become their problem. N1r. Newberry stated that the mow.ld would probably decrease the amount of water, but it would come in faster. He stated that they would have to be sensitive to where the clitch flows and there is an easement that allows drainage from both sides of the property line. He advised Mrsa Schuler that this ditch does drain some of the water on a portion af the condominium property and that they will plant some fast growing ground cover to prevent the mound from eroding. Mrs. Schuler would like the City Engineer to look into this. Mr. Gorris stated he would like to forward this to the Architectural Board, the Safety Department and the Engineering Department. His biggest concerns were the ingress/ egress to the parcel and how it will interplay with the parcel across the street and as well as Mr. Griffith's comments on the main drive going directly to the front of the building. He, personally, is opposed to two accesses off Brookpark Road, and if there is only to be one access, where should it be. Should it run the traffic right to the front of the building as it is shown now, or should the main entrance be moved west no furth.er than 200 feet as recommended by the city traffic engineer and the parking restudied. In passing this on he would like the developer to prepare an alternate set of drawings showing one entrance/egress. He would like to re-state the Commission's concern about the main entrance coming into this parcel immediately in front of the building. He would also like layouts of this parcel and the parcel that is across the street from them should be shown on that plan and on a new proposal with only one drive on Brookpark Road in order to see what impact this development will havea He would like both of these plans forwarded to A.R.B. so that they could address screening on either plan. He would also like both plans forwarded to the Safety Department. He asked if the members wanted to see this again before it goes to the A.R.B. Since the members agreed to forward it, Mra Gorris advised that he would make the motion. Mr. Orlowski stated that he might amend it. B. Gorris moved that regarding the Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. proposal to construct a building on the property located on Brookpark Road, east of the Westbury Apartments and west of Colebrook and Clareshire Conaominiums-, the 12