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r ?s ? using 8 foot of woods, and that since there would be 88 feet of woods remaining, the habitat of the wildlife would not be destroyed and since this is not like a fast food restaurant, he doubted that there would be much littering. Mr. Mauuiug suggested that he talk with the developers after the meeting regarding these points since this is not a matter for the Commission. Mrs. Sawyer, who is also interested in keeping the forests and wondered if they were going to come further into the property later on and destroy more. Mr. Nagy repeated that they have reviewed this with the forester and they are only going to remove 8 feet of the woods along with some weeds and scrub growth and there are no additional plans. If they did e}cpand they would have to come back to Planning Commission. Mr. Marzell was concerned since there is vacant land behind the church parking lot he sees a potential of developing this land fQr cluster homes, a condominium, or a retirement community which would change the whole make up of this property and make this a public thoroughfare which is adjacent to their property. Mr. Serne pointed out how much property the church owned, and stated that there were no plans to put anything else in the back. Mr. Skenzik, one of the owners of the medical center building, also questioned if landscaping were to be installed and was concerned if the State decided to sell the property and the woods were cleared out, there would be no landscaping adjacent to his building along the roadway. Mrs. O'Rourke suggested that the developer should landscape the driveway. Mr. Serne responded that the whole area was wooded now, and if the property is sold, it would be the new property owner's responsibility to landscape it and the church would not be adjacent to it. If the church bought it, they would have to landscape it. Mrs. Benning, Director of John Knox Nursery School, noted that the school serves the entire community, not just members of the congregation, and this church has always served the whole community and many groups use the facilities. They have 70 students divided into 3 classes and at least 20 parents cannot car pool so more than 20 cars are going in and coming out at the beginning and end of each session and the present entrance is quite dangerous because cars cannot turn left from the left tuining lane and frequently have to go into the adjacent shopping center to get back to the church. She is astounded that there were only 16 accidents last year. Mr. Papp is also concerned about traffic on Root Road and was advised that the ingress portion of the light would work at all times, and the exit light would be traffic activated and will be operated as required. Mr. Nagy did not think that the traffic would be backed up as far as Root Road. He did not believe that this would make his problem of getting out on Root Road worse. Mrs. O'Rourke stated that it would not increase the congregation and those people are tuniing into the property now. Mr. Koeth believed that it would benefit all around. Mr. Smith believed that the traffic sensitive stripe would hinder the traffic pattern at the light. He noted that Root Road has been there longer than the church and they have no second access. Since their traffic frequently cannot go left on Lorain Road, he wondered why one entity would be allowed be allowed to put in a road in when the residents could not have one. Mr. Mauving clarified that light for this lane would have to go through the entire cycle before it changed, but advised that this would be referred to the traffic engineer to make sure. He explained that this drive is private property even though part of it is owned by the State and would be considered a safety matter. R Koeth moved to refer the John Knox proposal to O.D.O.T. and the Law Department to review the legal issues of licensing; to refer it to the Architectural Review Board for their review of the plans and the landscaping; to the traffic engineer for his review of the traffic report and look into the possibility of a no left turn entrance at the existing eastern most drive to eliminate that traffic back up; and to the forester for his report on the wooded area. Further, we request that the letter from O.D.O.T. to John Knox be made part of these minutes. The motion was seconded by Ms. Cameron-Alston and unanimously approved. N. NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND SUBDIVISIONS: Hennie Homes, Inc.: Block "A" Lot Split (Heard above.) 6 ?