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?6 -y feet to 80,000 square feet, the city will have to make a determination that the store would have an adverse impact. Ms. Kummer suggested that Mr. Gareau talked Walmart into going somewhere else. Mr. Tallon indicated again the commissioners are voting on facade and exterior of building and suggested Ms. Jones has made the Planning Commission aware of the problems with the Giant Eagle in Rocky River. Mr. Koeth questioned Ms. Kummer if she had talked to her Councilman's, Mr. Limpert. Mr. Koeth strongly suggested that her councilmen was the one the she need to contact. Ms. Kummer questioned what will it take for Giant Eagle to go somewhere else. She then ask Mr. Papandreas what they could do to get someone else in there. Mr. Papandreas indicated they could have put a theatre in there but felt it was wrong for the area. Ms. Oring indicated that she indeed wrote the minutes and she is not perfect and could have misunderstood something but when the motion was made it was done verbatim.. Oring indicated she would defend herself all the deed restrictions go down the drain. Ms. Oring indicated she will defend herself she quoted Mr. Papandreas they would honor the deed restrictions. NIr. Dubelko indicated that he has sat here advising the Planning Corrunission for seventeen years and if Ms. Oring put something in the minutes it was true as far as he was concerned. The minutes are not in question. Paul Miller councilman at large indicated to the audience he appalled Ms. Oring integrity. He indicated that Giant Eagle is an emotional mater of safety for neighborhood and living behind the plaza can be emotional. Mr. Miller also noted that Giant Eagle was suppose to have a representative here to answer questions and concerns and urged the Planning Commission to recess until they have representative here to answer questions. He indicated that the residents deserve answers to their questions. Giant Eagle will be responsible to themselves when they come in. Ms. Becks indicated she was upset the Planning Commission was only asking a couple of questions. She also questioned will they have power outages and who does she call when trucks are not suppose to be making deliveries. Ms. Beck also indicated she had tried to contract Giant Eagle. Mr. Dubelko indicated that if a noise violation occurs during the day, call the building department. If it occurs at night, call the police. THE REMAINDER OF THE MINU'd'ES ARE TRANSCRIBED FROM TAPE 3 OF 3 TAPES. Mr. Papandreas indicated he fully noted the concerns of residents but wanted to underscore that we are here to deal with elevation. Mr. Papandreas takes offense to the comments made about him and wanted to keep a level head. Mr. Papandreas indicated he nor Mr. Cory were questioning Ms. Orings integrity as he knew her to be an honorable person as they were misquoted by the newspaper. Mr. Papandreas indicated he has tried to work with the city donating land and light indicators and they have tried to deal with all the concerns of the Planning Commission and residents. In answer to Mr. Griswalds question about truck traiic, it will come from Lorain Road. They will try to enforce the type of truck traffic they have. He indicated they have better landscaping and mounding than the Criant Eagle in Rocky River. They will try to deal with all the issues that are brought up. Mr. Papandreas indicated until the Planning Commission meeting none of the residents had complained to him about Circuit City. He noted that he had contacted Circuit City about the complaints. Mr. Papandreas said they have been sitting with center for two years and in their opinion a grocery store is best for this center. With respect to cleanliness they will try to keep the center clean and will keep trash in the compactor as promised. Mr. Papandreas indicated comments about Giant Eagle not caring is not true as they gave Mr. Papandreas the authority to address all the neighbors concerns. He indicated they do have building permits in hand they haven't been posted because construction has not been started. Tra.f?ic problem addressed before and they do not feel there will be an 6