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Mr. DiFranco said his main concerns are parking buses along Country Club. The plan for staging needs to be more detailed showing existing conditions. There are currently signs posted per Ord. 2001-90 which only allows parking on Saturdays and Sundays during church hours, legislation is required to address bus parking along Country Club. Mr. Henderson said they will be temporarily using the St. Richard's classrooms and adding modular units to accommodate the middle school students. There will be 6 classrooms placed on concrete foundations, which are skirted once in place. There will be a covered path added from the modular units to Korab Hall and church to ensure the site is ADA compliant. Circulation proposed involves some buses and cars on the site and some buses for afternoon pick-up parked Country Club Blvd. There will be two short periods of congestion along Country Club for morning arrival and at the end the school day. The northern parking lot will be used by the parish only. The dumpster will be enclosed and serviced from Whitethorn. The six modular units will be painted to match the existing brick buildings. There are windows in each unit and each classroom will have a heating and cooling unit. The walkway will be wood framing painted to match the existing building. Mr. Malone said the trees scheduled to be removed are not specimen trees therefore he has no objections. The restoration plan calls for planting four, 4-inch caliper red maples which are large trees. Mr. Schumann asked if the plans depicted the accurate number of buses which will be stacked along Country Club before and after school. Mr. McDade said staging will consist of buses picking up kids prior to allowing parent vehicles onsite to pick up children. Mr. McDade said they would be using the existing dumpster enclosures. Ms. Karban, an abutting neighbor, said she is concerned about added traffic along Whitethorn so she is glad there will be no buses on Whitethorn. She suggested the existing dumpsters for the church were not sufficient to handle the schools trash. Mr. Bohlmann asked the size of the current dumpster used and Mr. Henderson said the dumpster is 6'x 8' and the school will monitor the dumpsters for pickup. Mr. Bohlmann said the site appeared large enough to accommodate three large dumpsters. Mr. Fabin asked how the traffic would be controlled for the assisted living as their access is the church parking lot. Mr. McDade said they were working with city safety forces on security and would provide school personnel in the parking lot. Commissioners had no objection to the variance required and suggested a time limit be placed on it. The commission felt the conditional use pernut was warranted and wouldn't have an adverse impact on the area. Bus staging and traffic flow is to meet engineering requirements and the permit should have an expiration date. Mr. Malone asked how long the school would need the use of the church and Mr. McDade said the site would be restored at the end of the 2017-2018 school year. Mr. Malone moved, seconded by Mr. Bohlmann to recommend the BZA grant CMS15-3157 St. Richard/North Olmsted Middle School: 26855 Lorain Road a rear yard setback variance, which passed 5-0. Mr. Malone moved, seconded by Mr. Bohlmann to grant CMS15-3157 St. Richard/North Olmsted Middle School of 26855 Lorain Road a conditional use permit with the following conditions: 1. Engineering requirements are to be met. 2. Legislative approval by City Council is required for modifications to the traffic control file. 2