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board would Iike the parking-lot Iighting subinitted on a plan showing height ? of poles, wattage of the larnps and the direction of the lamps. 'I'here must be , zero readings at the lot Iines. The lights are to be shielded from the neighbors. Mr. Sheniceiz suggested that they would place the poles where they can be aimed onto the lot. He indicated that they would subinit photo metrics of the entire site. Mr. Tallon questioned were the trucks would enter the site. Mr. Crook indicated that they would enter from the southwest end of the site. Mr. Tallon questioned if the docks were ramped down or even. Mr. Crook indicated that the ramps are 4feet down and then even out there will be retaining wa11s around the dock. Mr. Tallon indicated that the area directly behiiid the docks would need to be heavily landscaped to buffer the residents behind the building. They would also like the applicants to look into sound baffling for the dock area as tliere are materials available to help keep the truck noises from traveling. Mr. Dubelko commented that as there has been an on going problem with truck traffic in the back of this building as well as other department stores as this board well knows. He would like to strongly suggest that the docks be located in such a way as to have the trucks back into the center south entrance to access the docks. Mr. Tallon reviewed that department store sites in North Olmsted have had trouble with trucks parking over night in the back of their buildings and running their engines all night to keep worm. The city would like to keep the trucks from having access to the backs of the department stores. Mr. Deichmann suggested that the traffic engineer could work with the architect. Mr. Sheniceiz suggested that they would rework the dock area the best they could. Mr. Spalding questioned what would go in the proposed retail building. Mr. Sheniceiz suggested that it would probably be a restaurant of some type. NIrs. O'Rourke questioned if the new Tops building would be bigger or smaller then the building at Crreat Noi-thern shopping center. Mr. ' Sheniceiz indicated that the new building would be 57,000sqft and the existing building is 40,000sqft therefore, the new building is bigger. Mrs. O°Rourke questioned if the existing building could be renovated too accommodate the new supermarket. Mr. Sheniceiz suggested that there are cost factors as well as maintenance cost and the buildings ability to accorntnodate the layout of a grocery store to look at. At this point it looks more feasible for Tops to build a new structure then to try to renovate the existing building. IVIr. Spalding questioned if there would be landscaping around the existing daycare as well as fencing between the two buildings. Mr. Sheniceiz indicated that there would be landscaping used to separate the two sites. Mr. Tallon suggested that the landscapuig along Brookpark Road needed to be enhanced. Mr. Sheniceiz indicated that they would enhance ihe landscaping along the Brookparlc Road property line in the next plans subinitted. Mr. Tallon questioned if Tops would own the land. Mr. Sheniceiz indicated that currently they are working on a ground lease froin the Kimco - Realty owners, which does not include the day-care property. Mr. Tallon requested that landscaped islands be added to the parking lot so that the area is not just blacktop. Mr. Sheniceiz indicated that they would look at adding a couple islands but they don't want to make it harder to snow plow. Mr. Hreha questioned what hours of operation the construction crews would be working and how they would keep the noise and dust down, Mr. Sheniceiz indicated that they would work within the operation hours allowed by the city of North Olmsted. It should only take a week or two for the demolition to take place. 4