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? Road. Zoning is Retail Business, General, entirely, and the proposal conforms to Zoning Code requirements for frontage and area. Mr. Acciarri, presented the plat. The members had no problem with the lot assembly. R. Tallon moved to accept the proposed McGlaughliu-Smith Consolidation Plat, as requested by plamiing commission, which is to combine permanent parcel nu.mbers 234-20-17 with 234-20-18 and 19 (previously combined as Simmons Subdivision Number 2) into one (1) parcel, which is the site of the proposed O.S.V. Productions Building at Christman Drive and Lorain Road. Zoning is Retail Business, General, entirely, and the proposal conforms to Zoning Code requirements for frontage and area. The motion was seconded by K O'Rourke, and unanimously approved. 2) Bridgeport Development Plat and Improvement Plans. The proposal, originally submitted by Whitlatch & Co. and approved by North Olmsted Plamiing Commission and Council, for the two (2) abutting subd.ivisions now combined, is for fifty five (55) residential sublots, and one (1) pond area, all from originally platted parcels 231-14-1, 2, 3, 4, and 231- 11-43. Location is north of Lorain Road between Clague Road and West 231 Street. Zoning is "C" Residence, Single, entirely. Mr. Sheehe, engineer, and Mr. Bloch, owner, represented the builders. Mr. Brennan asked if the bu.ilder intended to conform to the previously agreed to requirements for storm water retention that had been required for the Whitlatch Development. Mr. Sheehe advised . that the engineers :had reviewed the documents and this would conform to the previous arrangement. He stated that they would like to start work on the retention system as soon as possible. Mr. Brennan noted that Mr. Whitlatch had reached some agreements with the residents, some of which have akeady been broken, specifically having a construction road from Lorain Road which is now impossible because of the development on Lorain Road. He believed that there was concern about the retention basin which is to serve the entire area and he wanted to make sure that it went in as agreed upon. Mr. Sheehe responded that the retention basin could be field verified by the city once it was constructed. Mr. Herbster asked if any changes were made to this project. Mr. Sheehe stated that the only changes that were made were those requested by the Cleveland Water Department and the City Engineer during their review and he noted that their engineering company worked on the Whitlatch design. The residents were then asked for their comments. Mr. Margevicius, a resident and a civil engineer, who presented a letter (see attached) at the begiuning of the meeting, advised that he has reviewed sheets 14A and 15 of the engineering plans but was unable to get the other information he wanted. He believed that the system is undersized and maintains that the standards used by North Olmsted are outdated and behind the current standards since the U. S. Weather Service has new data that suggests that the code under predicts rainfall by 25%. He further advised that the area of the basin is large enough to be expanded by about 35% which would probably make it adequate. He clarified that this is no fault of the engineer, but the new data suggests that our area is getting rainier and the basin should be adjusted for that. He asked for more time to review the balance of the sewers, to put to rest his concerns and those of his neighbors. Mr. Sheehe responded that North Olmsted probably had the most stringent requirements in Cuyahoga County and they are conforming in every way to those requirements. City Engineer Deichmann agreed. Mr. Sheehe maintained that they are allowed a certain amount of discharge and they are under it by 15 % and the pond has additional 1.5 feet of storage above and beyond what has been included in the calculations so there is some additional capacity built in. He believed that the design is conservative and conformed tQ stringent guidelines. If the builders can use the additional materials that would be removed from the basin on the site, he believed that they might be willing to expand the pond. Mr. Sheehe stated that, based on the stonns of the past 8 to 10 years, some people do believe that the data that has been used 4