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.?J CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED PLANNING COMIVIISSION MIlVUTES - APRIL 25, 1995 I. ROLL CALL: Chairma.n Tallon called the meeting to order at 7:45 p.m. Present: T. Brennan, D. Cameron-Alston, T. Herbster, R. Koeth, K. O'Rourke, and R. Tallon. Absent: A. Mauning. Also Present: Assistant Law Director Dubelko, Assistant City Engineer McDermott, Building Commissioner Conway, and Clerk of Commissions Oring. II. REVIEW AND CORRECTION OF NIINLJTES: R. Tallon moved to accept the minutes of April 11, 1995 as printed, seconded by K O'Rourke, and unanimously approved. III. BUII.DING DEPARTMENT REQLTESTS: 1) Great Northern Plaza North, Lorain and Brookpark Road. Proposal to erect barricade on d.rive behind shopping center in order to eliminate through traffic. Referred back to Plannuig Commission at the Architectural Review Board meeting of Apri119, 1995 Ms. Schulz, representing Biskind Management Company, advised that they were referred back, but she is not sure why since they had made their presentation at the last meeting. Mr. Tallon stated that it appeared that they had not presented anything new at the architectural review board meeting, just the guardrail that was submitted originally. Ms. Schulz responded that landscaper who was on the A.R.B. concurred with their findings that a landscape plot would not be the right thing to do on the service road. There were dissenting votes by the two members who were present. Mr. Tallon reminded her that at the last meeting the Plauning Commission had requested that they prepare a plan which included mounding and landscaping which they did not do. He has no problem with their installing a guardrail on either side, but there should be some landscaping in between them. Ms. Schulz stated that the A.R.B. members did not believe that was the right thing to do, but they had no suggestions. One member believed that a guardrail would be the preferred way to close off the roadway. Mr. Tallon reiterated that closing off the roadway was fine, but the commission would like some mound.ing and landscaping with a guardrail on each side. Ms. Schulz stated that this has been reviewed and studied and it was decided that there should be no landscaping on an access road. She mentioned the approvals that were given by the Engineering and Safety Departments who had no problem with the guardrail. Mr. Tallon clarified that they were agreeing with the concept of blocking the roadway of? not with the concept of the guardraiLs or how the street off would be blocked off; that would be up to the planning commission. He wondered why she had had no problem with landscaping at the last meeting. She again stated that they did review the concept and brought it up at the architectural review board meeting, but the landscaper who sits on that board did not agree. Mr. Tallon clarified that the architectural board is a consulting board, and again asked if they had a problem with mounding and landscaping. She reiterated that this is an access road for delivery trucks to service the plaza, and they did not want to create an atmosphere that would create an attractive nuisance for children since the children play back there at present. One of the architectural review board members agreed with that and thought that the only feasible thing would be to create a 50 foot wide park. M.r. Tallon responded that they were not asking for that, only for a simple mounding with some evergreen type landscaping that is not a playground, but has a little aesthetic value to it, not just a guardrail in order to have a little residential atmosphere since this road backs up to a condominiu.m. Ms. Schulz stated that they have guardrails back there now, and she wanted to emphasize that this is a private roadway and the only two parties involved in this are Biskind and the Condominium-Association. She maintained that both