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4 PLANNING COMMISSION JUNE 28, 1983 PAGE 2 the Engineering Department and to approve the wall and pole sign as presented, seconded by J. Wixted, and unanimously . approved. (3) Great Northern-Corporate Center (added to Agenda), located at the northeast corner of Country Club Blvd and Great Northern Blvd. Revised concept plans referred from Council. Building Commissioner Gundy advised that since the Great North- ern Corporate Center is in the mixed use distric it has been referred to Planning Commission from Council. Mr. G. Richland explained the changes which have been made from the original concept plans approved by the commission in September 1981. Complex will now be constructed in modules; the first phase will be a four story office building with 80,650 sq. ft. of rentable space (original plans were for-237,000 sq. ft). Tao 70,000 sq. ft. building (all connected by an atrium) will be added as the market demands. A.hi"gh rise hotel is planned, if feasible. Parking will now.be above gra.und but still conforms. Structured parking will p?ss-ibl.y. be built later. They intend to break ground for phase one late in the fall. Mr. Gundy explained that the developers need concept approval prior to submitting detailed plans. The commission questioned if a hotel was a permitted use in a Mixed ilse District. The Law Director will have to research this. J. Roberts moved to continue the Great Northern Corporate Center until July 12th for a ruling from the Law Director, seconded by J. Burns, and unanimously approved. IV. NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND SUBDIVISIONS: (1) Country Club Blvd., median strip cut.. Proposal is to allow an opening to be made in the median strip of Gountry Club Blvd., west of Great Northern Blvd., to provide access in both directions along Country Club Blvd. for ingress . and egress to a proposed restaurant to be located at the south- west corner of the intersection of Country Club and Great Northern. Tabled at May 24th meeting and continued by developer. Mr. Overmeyer, Traffic Consultant for Bob Evans, explained that a 25' drive at the west side of the property would be approximately 500' to the west of traffic signal at Country Club and Great - Northern Blvd. A twenty five foot opening is planned in the med- ial strip to provide for two cars making left turns into parking area. Traffic of area, was clocked at peak times and study of. traffic flow of a similar Bob Evans Restaurant (Bagley Rd. off 171 exit, a slightly larger:facility) was used for a comparison. It was also estimated that 70% of the traffic would be to and from the east. It was their conclusion that with the number of gaps (5 seconds or more) in the traffic flow on Country and considering the estimated number of cars entering and exiting the restaurant, traffic could enter and exit the.proposed facility without interruption of normal flow of traffic. The Police Dept.