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Mr. Stickney, the attorney for the applicants, reviewed that along the church's eastern section of land there is an unused gravel driveway and parking lot which runs along their western property line. Currently the church's membership is down and his clients would like to make sure that if the church property is sold there would be sufficient buffering between their home and the church property. Therefore the church has agreed to transfer 14-feet to the Kuti's to give them more buffering from the parking lot. Commissioners had no objections to the proposed lot split and consolidation plat. R. Koeth moved to approve the J& A Kuti lot split and consolidation plat as proposed. R. Bohlmann seconded the motion which was unanimously approved. 3. (GFS) Gordon Food Service Marketplace; 24001 Lorain Road: (WRD 4) Proposal consists of demolishing existing (Red Lobster) building and the development of a new 14,849 square foot building and site improvements. Note: Planning Commission tabled the proposal 11/9/05. Architectural Review Board addressed the proposal 11/16/05. Ms. Wenger reported that the Commission made a number of requests, including additional landscaping on the site, reducing light pole heights, and resolving drainage concerns. Those issues have been addressed by the applicant. Additionally, the applicant appeared before the ARB which made the following recommendations: 1. Look at site plans to determine if the grading at the southeast corner would properly flow into the detention basin. 2. Remove the existing chain link fence, filling in the gaps with arborvitae. 3. Add diversity to the landscaping on the east side including maples and/or honey locusts every 20 feet. 4. Add evergreens around the detention area. 5. Add diversity to the front landscaping including a perennial mix. 6. Modify the sign base to be masonry which matches the building. 7. Modify the building material colors to reflect the brown tones shown on the photograph submitted. 8. Modify the coping from red to bronze. 9. Paint the man doors brown to match the building. 10. Modify the signage diagram to better reflect the sign representation in the photos submitted. 11. Revise photometric plan with the light pole heights as discussed. 12. Add a bike rack. Applicants addressed each of the ARB and Commission requests as well as added extra greenspace to the perimeter of the site in order to comply with EPA stormwater regulations and their photometric plan received earlier in the day complies with city codes. Ms. Becker reviewed that the proposed storm water detention system was much larger than the existing storage system and was designed for a 100-year flood. There would be no physical overflow. Stormwater will outlet through a storm sewer pipe, into the existing storm sewer at the rear of the property.. The proposed system would overflow only for the 500-year flood or other storms greater than a 100-year flood. She further noted that all properties have the potential to overflow onto adjacent property during 500-year storms. Mr. Morgan with Gordon Food Services reviewed that the primary changes made were landscaping. There were arborvitaes and trees added along the east side, south rear area and the southwest property line areas in the field, arborvitaes as well as Norway spruce trees were added. There were trees added around the transformer and across the front of the building. Along 3