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City of North Olmsted and North Ridgeville. After the road is constructed Q-Panel will offer the road for dedication to the City of North Olmsted and the City of North Olmsted will accept it for dedication on the condition that North Ridgeville agrees to handle construction, maintenance, fire, police, snow removal, traic signals and liability. The agreement is bebng drafted now and 1Vli-. Zagrans will be presenting the agreement to City Council on Thursday, as the City of North Ridgeville is under time constraints as the road is presently under construction. The engineering for the road ways and utilities was done by U R S Rider, for the North Ridgeville location, but the plans for North Olmsted were done by the Q-Panel company. 1V1r. Grossman indicated that presently they were asking for a preliminary approval for the whole concept of the road. Mrs. O'Rourke questioned if the road would be a 2 or 4 lane. N1r. Grossman commented that there would be 2 lanes until the front, then there will be three lanes at i,orain. T'wo will be for exits left and right turns. Mrs. O'Rourke questioned if the main traffic would be semi-trucks or cars. Mr. Grossman indicated that the traffic would be mainly car traffic. Mr. Tallon inquired as to what was located on the property to the east of the proposed road. Mr. Grossman indicated that Aetna door was located next to the lot. Mr. Tallon commented that Aetna's driveway was right next to the proposed road. Mr. Grossman indicated that Mr. Tallon was correct. Mr. Grossman commented that the pavernent would be about 20 feet from the property line, he suggested that there was about 12 utilities easement and an 8 foot tree lawn before the pavement. Mr. Tallon questioned the Building Commissioner about driveways needing to be so many feet from the centerline of the street. Mr. Conway indicated that, the center line of the driveway has to be 100 feet from the center line of the intersection which is not was he sees on the plans. 1W. Grossman commented that it was 30 feet to the property line and about 20 feet to the centerline of the driveway. Mr. Tallon commented that with the way the Code is currently written the roadway would need to be moved 100 feet east. Mr. Grossman remarked that the goal was to get the roadway as far away as they could from the 140 intersections on and off ramp. He believed that the proposed road was 550 feet from the on rarnp. Mr. Tallon reviewed that the proposed road would inconvenience the Aetna owners. The proposed road would block the existing Aetna driveway. Mr. Tallon questioned Mr. Dubelko if the City of North Olmsted would tax the road. Mr. Dubelko first reminded the Planning Commissioners that its duties regarding the proposal derive from the City Charter. Any time there is a public building or public right-of-way proposed to be built or expanded in the City, the Planrung Commission has an obligation, witlun 30 days to subrrut a report to City Council whether or not the board believes this proposal should be allowed. If the Planning Commission denies the proposal, Council can override the Planning Commissions recommendation, but only by a two-thirds majority vote. He did not know whether the City would receive an tax benefits from approving the construction of this road, unless somehow the City received highway tax revenues, or something like that, based upon the total footage of roads in the City. W Tallon indicated that the board wanted to figure out if the proposed road would be a benefit to the City of North Olmsted or not. Mr. Koeth suggested Q-Panel proposed a new driveway for Aetna. Mr. Grossman commented that Etna had a second driveway to the east of their building and they could put a driveway onto the new road extension, 100 feet from the intersection. Mr. Koeth questioned if a new driveway cut could be discussed with the owners of the Aetna building. Mr. Conway commented that, that issue would have to be discussed with the Aetna owners, as a cut 100 feet back would not be within our City limits. Mr. Koeth questioned if the State mandated tliat the road be placed so many feet from their intersection. 11