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? might be a.n optical illusion. Mr. Herbsman stated that it should the same height. He clarified that the south wall should be carried around on the south elevation to the garden center wall and the 3-1/2 foot wainscot in the split face material was to protect the building from damage by carts, etc. Mr. Newberry clarified that the Macedonia store was constructed out of 8 inch thick, through the wall, 4 inch high, 16 inch long concrete masonry units that look like brick. He explained that the basic difference between the brick units and the through the wall block wuts was that it is made of concrete instead of clay and the texture pattern is slightly different. Regarding the mounding on the east side of the property has been set at 8 feet above the floor elevatiou of the building and a split face type masonry unit retaining wall must be installed to maintain the height if ineasured from that elevation; the color of the block will match the building. He will forward that sample as soon as it is available. There will be 20 feet between the retaining wall and the structure that extends out. He noted that the location of the sidewallcs along Brookpark Road was dictated by the requirement of the mounding and the location of the drainage ditch. He presented a sketch of the wall with a single width, 6 inch thick through-the- wall brick unit with a precast concrete coping on top which is to be installed on the mound and explained that it will be installed on a foundation of a grade beam and spread footings at the pilasters which are to be 20 to 30 feet apart. There are no plans as yet, for a structure where the mound tapers down and it has been suggested, since this is beyond the adjacent buildings, tlus might be an appropriate place to start a wood fence which can be brought down to grade gradually. They are now showing a"Do Not Block Driveway" sign on the Great Northern Boulevard access and have re-oriented the drive slightly to avoid the concrete slab on the east end of the Westbury Apartments' parking lot as well to avoid interfering with the underground garage. The mound on the east, will have blue spruce, Austrian pine, and white pine to vary the types as suggested by the forester, also there will be hawthorns and crabapples interspersed throughout for color. He presented a light plan showing the shielded fixtures as requested which indicates .5 foot candle at the property and curb lines, but allows for some accenting at the entrauces on Brookpark for safety. Further at the request of the Commission, there is an alternate site plau with only one access shown on Brookpark Road. He clarified that, if they are limited to one access, this would be the preferred one and under these circumstances it would be the best location. If the second access is removed, their tra$'ic engineer has advised that it would merely change the level of service by an incremental amount; if it is an "A" now, it would go to an "A-". He clarified that the traffic using this access would be coming eastbound on Brookpark, from the north on Great Northern, or from the west on Brookpark. He explained that he was not sure how the traffic would exit, but usually drivers take the method of least resistance, and the traffic analysis does not always indicate what the traffic will actually do once the project is open. City Engineer Deichmauu advised that a signal will be installed on Brookpark and. since normally a developer is required to pay for it and the related work, he has no reason to believed that this will not be the case here. Mr. .Newberry stated that this would not be a problem to the developers. In the eveut that the plan is approved with only one access on Brookpark, Mr. Tallon asked that the set of fixtures at the second entrance be changed. Mr. Newberry agreed that, if this access was eliminated, those fi}ctures would be shielded. Regarding the effect of this access on the parcel across the street, Mr. Newberry understood that a letter had been submitted from Biskind Developmeut indicating that they did not have a problem with the location of the access. The nlouud along the Brookpark right of way now shows a 6 foot high (measured from the floor elevation ofthe building) mound and he has talked to O.iD.O.T. who advised that they would not 2