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r Minnesota to Cleveland, so they do have some control. In response to questions, he advised that they have two stores in Toledo which are the only facilities in Ohio. He clarified for Mr. Miller that the transportation routing would be similar to those in Toledo, where they normally receive 2 to 3 full semis a week and an appliance warehouse truck picks up appliances that need repair to take them to a central location about twice a week. These will be unloaded in the rear into an enclosed dock. Fu.rther the employees do not park in the back. Mr. Papandreas pointed out that the parking in the back approximately 140 feet from the loading docks. Mr. Wordell, a resident of Country Club Condominiums, stated that since there are so mvny vacancies in the center, he believed that the landlord is not making much money there, and in the long ntn a tenant who can keep the center full will contribute more to property values and will help maintain the center. He doubted the developer's statement that this proposal would not generate a significant increase in traffic in the area, since if that were the case Best Buy should stay out because they will go baukrupt. They would have to generate traffic to make a profit and he believed that delivering appliances, etc. would generate a lot more traffic than delivering cards to Hallmark and goods to the other stores. He maintained that the store could not keep a months supply of appliances. The residents know that there is going to be an increase in traffic and also know how the traffic backs up at times, but the developers are not interested in the traffic problems or the problems of the residents. He suggested that the owner is trying to devalue the property values of the condomiuium in order to take over their properry for expansion. He suggested that if this proposal is bull dozed through, the elected officials might not get re-elected. Mr. Orlowski had talked to Cou.ncihnan McKay about the problems the Country Club residents had, and asked if there was anything that governed trucks idling for long periods of time in the middle of the night. Mr. Conway responded that the law allows them to run a truck for 5 minutes in a one hours period thought out the restricted hours. He stated that the residents could call the Police in the middle of the night, or the Buildiug Department du.ring working hours. Mr. Conway stated that tlus happens in many areas of the city, and this type development or one like $est Products seems to deal with this problem more effectively. The' problem is worse when there are many truck lines delivering to a site. Mr. Orlowski suggested that the truck drivers be instructed to park in the front lot away from the residents but the businesses should deal with the truckers. Mr. Hogan stated that this has been going on for years, and the city has done nothing. Mr. Orlowski suggested that something could be written into their contracts, and since the deliveries will be concentrated into one area and it has been -noted that the noise echoes, perhaps some kind of sound barrier could be installed, like a wall or landscaping. He suggested that the developers could work with the residents to alleviate some of the problems the residents have with the northern area, even though they are not discussing that at this time and fin-tlier suggested that the condominium association president arrange a meeting with the residents, Mr. Papandreas and the Best Buy representatives. Mr. Hogan would like to do this. Mr. Miller advised that signs are posted at Bu.ilder's Square in Rocky River advising that there are to be no deliveries, trash drop off or pick up, dieseling, etc., between certain hours and specified the ordinance that regulated this. He suggested that this might help and would make it easier for the Police to enforce. The only signs at this location just say no overnight parking. Mr. Papandreas stated that they would be willing to install such signs and further advised that his company did have a series of regulations for the tenants to follow in regard to some of these issues. He pointed out that they opted to place the docks as far away from the condominiwns as possible and noted that this location is sluelded on all sides except for the access drive with a concrete masonry wall, and other buildings. He had just been notified today that there were some problems with trucks parking over night and some of their lease provisions could help them to eliminate this. He stated that Best Buy had 5